Association of adult attachment with delays in accessing specialist care in women with ovarian cancer

Figures & data

Table 1. Sample characteristics and overall psychosocial variable scores.

Variables (n = 132)	Frequency (%)	Median (IQR)
Sociodemographic profile
Age (years)		50.5 (42-59)
Domicile
Urban	115 (87.1%)
Rural	17 (12.9%)
Education
Primary school	8 (6.1%)
Secondary school	36 (27.2%)
Higher secondary school	22 (16.67%)
College	36 (27.2%)
University	26 (19.7%)
No formal education	4 (3.1%)
Age at which respondent left education (years)		19.5 (16–23)
Number of current family members		4 (3–5.75)
Partner status
Single	30 (22.75)
Has a partner	102 (77.27%)
Type of family unit in childhood
Nuclear	66 (50%)
Joint	66 (50%)
Type of family unit currently
Nuclear	74 (56.1%)
Joint	58 (43.9%)
Psychosocial instruments scores
Medical Outcome Survey
Emotional/Informational social support subscale		4.12 (3.3–4.75)
Tangible social support subscale		4.75 (4.25–5)
Affectionate social support subscale		4.67 (4–5)
Positive social support subscale		3.67 (2.67–4.33)
Total social support index		4.01 (3.52–4.54)
Experiences in Close Relationships—Avoidance subscale score		3.67 (3–4.33)
Experiences in Close Relationships—Anxiety subscale score		3.33 (2–5.25)

Table 2. Multivariate model with “time to see an oncologist” as dependent variable.

	Coefficient	SE	P value	Mean ratio	95% CI of mean ratio		Mean difference	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI
Age	0.01	0.01	.48	1.00	0.99	1.02	0.02	−0.044	0.09
Age at which the patient stopped education	0.01	0.02	.56	1.01	0.97	1.05	0.06	−0.14	0.25
Urban/rural place of residence	−0.02	0.34	.95	0.98	0.51	1.89	−0.11	−3.16	2.95
Partner	−0.10	0.25	.69	0.90	0.55	1.48	−0.48	−2.92	1.96
Current family	0.42	0.21	.04	1.52	1.02	2.27	2.02	−0.03	4.07
Attachment related avoidance score (ECR-RS)	−0.11	0.12	.34	0.89	0.71	1.13	−0.52	−1.62	0.58
Attachment related anxiety score (ECR-RS)	0.15	0.06	.01	1.16	1.04	1.31	0.71	0.12	1.31
Social support score (MOS)	−0.01	0.16	.97	0.99	0.73	1.35	−0.02	−1.48	1.43

CI = confidence interval; ECR-RS = Experiences of Close Relationships–Relationship Style questionnaire; MOS = Medical Outcome Survey; SE = standard error.

Figure 1. Relationship of attachment anxiety scores changes with interval to presentation (a, relationship of attachment anxiety scores changes with the mean interval to presentation; b, relationship of a unit increase in attachment anxiety score with the interval to presentation).

Figure 2. Ways to communicate with patients with high attachment anxiety.

Data availability

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