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Table 3 Results of factor analysis among breast cancer patients towards stress coping strategies in Tikur Anbesa specialized hospital, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 264)

From: Coping strategies of stress and its associated factors among breast cancer patients in Tikur Anbesa specialized hospital, Ethiopia: Institution-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Categories

AOR

P value

95% CI

Age

25–39

0.29

0.192

0.05–1.84

40–54

0.34

0.207

0.07–1.80

55–69

0.39

0.265

0.07–0.06

≥ 70

1.00

1.00

1.00

Education

Can’t read and write

1.00

0.992

0.39–0.53

Primary

0.79

0.634

0.30–0.07

Secondary

0.47

0.069

0.21–0.06

College and above

1.00

1.00

1.00

Monthly income

USD

Irregular monthly income

0.48

0.159

0.17–1.32

< 9.77

1.78

0.196

0.74–0.31

> 9.77

1.00

1.00

1.00

Residence

Addis Ababa

1.06

0.854

0.54–2.07

Outside Addis Ababa

1.00

1.00

1.00

Time of diagnosis

< 1 year

0.27

0.105

0.05–1.32

1–3 year

0.23

0.026*

0.06–0.83

3–5 year

0.48

0.233

0.14–1.60

> 5 years

1.00

1.00

1.00

Treatment taken

Chemotherapy

15.27

< 0.001*

5.23–44.61

Radiotherapy

5.29

0.045*

1.04–26.95

Surgery

5.94

0.058

0.94–37.61

Combined

1.00

1.00

1.00

Social support

Yes

3.36

< 0.001*

1.66–6.75

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

Occupation

House wife

1.01

0.989

0.26–3.78

Employed

0.52

0.260

0.16–1.63

Merchant

1.00

1.00

 

Marital status

Single

0.45

0.014*

0.23–0.85

Married

1.00

1.00

1.00

  1.  N/B: *variables significantly associated at p < 0.05; 1.00 = reference category