Table 3

Betas for associations between predictive factors and distress: results from single and multiple regression models for risk carriers

Anxiety Depression Cancer related distress
Expected consequences of an unfavourable test result
Expecting increase of problems after unfavourable
test result		0.373-160 0.273-150 0.393-160
Prophylactic mastectomy if mutation carrier0.403-160 0.283-160 0.423-160
Personality traits
Optimism−0.303-160 −0.363-160 −0.13
Emotional expression−0.283-160 −0.283-150 −0.253-160
Sociodemographic characteristics
Being younger than 400.283-160 0.010.07
Have children under 150.223-150 0.080.19
Experience with cancer in relatives
Number of relatives with breast/ovarian cancer0.233-150 0.080.353-160
Familiarity with relative with metastatic
breast/ovarian cancer		0.110.283-150 0.05
Age of onset of disease in particular family <400.223-150 0.030.283-150

  • ↵3-150 p<0.05, resulting from a single regression model.

  • ↵3-160 p<0.05, resulting from both a single and a multiple regression model.