Prevalence and Factors Contributing to Fear of Recurrence in Breast Cancer Patients and Their Partners: A Cross-Sectional Study

Figures & data

Table 1 Univariate Analysis of FCR in Breast Cancer Patients

Parameter	Group	N=155	FCR (Mean ± Standard Deviation)	F/Z/K	P
Age (year)	<60	115	33.59±6.94
	≥60	40	30.60±7.40	−2.254	0.024
BMI (kg/cm^2)	<25	107	32.92±7.20
	≥25	48	32.60±7.12	−0.612	0.540
Current working status	Processing	102	32.66±7.04
	Retirement	53	33.13±7.43	0.088	0.767
Educate	Primary school and below	19	35.26±7.57
	Elementary school	70	32.17±7.40
	High school	37	32.30±6.79
	College degree or above	29	33.45±6.76	1.072	0.363
Medical Payment Method	New rural cooperative medical	42	33.50±8.18
	Urban Residents	59	33.54±5.90
	Urban Workers	52	31.33±7.46
	Self-pay	2	36.00±9.90	1.218	0.305
Surgical method	Breast conserving surgery	58	33.38±7.09
	Radical mastectomy	10	29.70±6.26
	Breast modified operation	35	33.63±6.97
	Simple resection	43	32.14±7.735	3.369	0.498
Cancer stages	I	18	32.11±6.12
	II	95	33.21±6.98
	III	42	32.24±8.01	0.940	0.625
Current treatment	Chemotherapy	114	32.39±3.37
	Surgery	41	34.00±6.47	−1.434	0.152

Note: Bold font represents statistically significant P-values.

Abbreviation: FCR, fear of cancer recurrence.

Table 2 Specific Descriptive Analyses of FCR, Family Resilience and Health Literacy Scores are Presented

Parameter	Score Range	Average ± SD
Patient FCR	14–52	32.82±7.16
Partner FCR	16–46	33.06±7.42
Family resilience	64–146	109.96±19.74
Communication and cohesion	23–56	41.83±7.62
Social support perception	18–56	38.21±8.72
Family coping perception	8–30	21.55±3.86
Religious belief	4–28	8.26±4.68
Health literacy	49–119	95.81±11.78
Information acquisition ability	29–58	50.63±5.18
Communication and interaction ability	5–25	14.59±4.76
Willingness to improve health	4–20	13.86±4.24
Willingness to financially support	9–25	16.72±2.24

Abbreviation: FCR, fear of cancer recurrence.

Table 3 Association Between Partner FCR, Family Resilience, Health Literacy and FCR in Breast Cancer Patients

	Patient’s FCR	Partner’s FCR	Family Resilience	Health Literacy
Patient’s FCR	1	0.678**	−0.534**	−0.538**
Partner’s FCR	0.678**	1	−0.399**	−0.476**
Family resilience	−0.534**	−0.399**	1	0.635**
Health literacy	−0.538**	−0.476**	0.635**	1

Note: **p<0.01.

Abbreviation: FCR, fear of cancer recurrence.

Table 4 Multiple-Linear Regression Analysis for Influencing Factors of FCR in Breast Cancer Patients

Variable	B	Sx	T	P
Constant	36.260	4.988	7.270	0.000
Age	−1.843	0.897	−2.056	0.042
Family resilience	−0.083	0.026	−3.245	<0.001
Health literacy	−0.100	0.045	−2.208	0.029
Partner’s FCR	0.475	0.061	7.841	<0.001

Notes: R²=0.565 R_ad=0.554 F=48.797 P<0.001. Bold font represents statistically significant P-values.

Abbreviation: FCR, fear of cancer recurrence.