The Association between ADL Ability and Quality of Life among People with Advanced Cancer

Table 3

Ordered logistic regression analysis () of the potential confounders associated with EORTC QoL^‡.

Potential confounders	Crude; OR [95% CI]	value
Gender
Men	1
Women	0.43 [0.21–0.86]	0.02
Age
<65 year	1
≥65 years	1.07 [0.53–2.14]	0.86
Living in cohabitation
No	1
Yes	0.98 [0.48–1.99]	0.96

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; ^‡EORTC-QLQ-C30: European Organization for Research Treatment of Cancer Core Quality of Life Questionnaire. Item #30 “Global Quality of Life” is rated on an ordinal scale ranging from 1 (very poor) to 7 (excellent). The EORTC-scale categories 1, 2, and 7 are excluded due to very low numbers to fit in the statistical model.