Table 4 Construct validity for patient and professionals looking at physical, emotional and practical issues dimensions
Variable | Value | IPOS Patient Dimensions | IPOS Professional Dimensions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical symptoms | Emotional symptoms | Practical Issues | Physical symptoms | Emotional symptoms | Practical Issues | ||||||||
Mean | Sig | Mean | Sig | Mean | Sig | Mean | Sig | Mean | Sig | Mean | Sig | ||
Age | < 65 yo ≥ 65 yo | 28.8 28.6 | 0.947 | 51.8 53.4 | 0.651 | 74.0 73.8 | 0.963 | 21.6 24.5 | 0.177 | 49.8 51.3 | 0.651 | 63.8 66.5 | 0.456 |
Gender | Male Female | 26.6 31.6 | 0.040 | 50.4 55.7 | 0.127 | 71.6 76.7 | 0.104 | 22.3 24.5 | 0.320 | 50.2 51.3 | 0.748 | 63.0 68.5 | 0.127 |
Education | ≤ 4 years > 4 years | 28.8 28.5 | 0.903 | 52.8 52.5 | 0.918 | 75.2 71.6 | 0.279 | 24.3 21.3 | 0.173 | 50.7 50.6 | 0.984 | 64.9 66.2 | 0.722 |
Place of care | Primary care Hospital Palliative care | 25.7 23.9 31.2 | 0.038 | 50.4 47.0 55.2 | 0.155 | 66.7 82.3 73.8 | 0.008 | 21.1 18.9 25.4 | 0.042 | 56.1 47.7 49.7 | 0.181 | 56.4 68.3 67.4 | 0.029 |
Cancer diagnosis | Yes No | 28.7 28.6 | 0.979 | 53.2 50.5 | 0.528 | 75.5 67.0 | 0.034 | 23.4 22.8 | 0.841 | 49.7 54.9 | 0.186 | 67.5 56.4 | 0.012 |
Life expectancy | < 6 mo 6 mo – 1 yr > 1 yr | 35.4 25.6 24.4 | < 0.001 | 59.0 49.5 48.9 | 0.021 | 73.6 76.6 71.0 | 0.377 | 30.3 20.9 17.6 | < 0.001 | 56.3 46.8 48.4 | 0.022 | 63.7 69.1 63.0 | 0.306 |
Phase of illness | Stable Unstable Deteriorating | 25.3 27.8 34.5 | 0.004 | 49.1 54.2 57.0 | 0.117 | 75.8 73.2 71.5 | 0.495 | 19.3 23.4 29.1 | < 0.001 | 44.4 53.2 58.4 | < 0.001 | 68.8 60.9 65.4 | 0–140 |