Impact of Seismic Activity on Access to Health Care in Hispanic/Latino Cancer Patients from Puerto Rico
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Sample
3.2. Relationship between Barriers to Health Care, Exposure, and Protection
3.3. Relationship between Barriers to Care, Exposure, and Protection during and after the Seismic Activity
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Mean (SD)/n (%) |
---|---|
Socio-demographic characteristics | |
Age | 60.54 (12.37) |
Sex (female) | 41 (82%) |
Marital status (married) | 20 (40%) |
Employment status (employed) | 9 (18%) |
Income (≤12,001–19,000) | 35 (70%) |
Income enough (yes) | 13 (26.5%) |
Education level (high school or higher) | 44 (88%) |
Cancer Diagnosis Clinical Characteristics | |
Type of cancer | |
Breast | 22 (44.9%) |
Uterus | 6 (12.2%) |
Endometrium | 3 (6.1%) |
Thyroid | 2 (4.1%) |
Intestines | 2 (4.1%) |
Prostate | 2 (4.1%) |
Skin | 2 (4.1%) |
Others | 10 (20%) |
Cancer treatment | |
Surgery | 41 (85.4%) |
Chemotherapy | 33 (67.3%) |
Radiation therapy | 16 (33.3%) |
Hormone therapy | 6 (12.5%) |
Metastasis (yes) | 8 (21.6%) |
Models for Barriers to Health Care | R2 | F | B | p |
---|---|---|---|---|
Exposure | 0.331 | 24.23 | −3.32 | 0.000 |
Protection | 0.033 | 1.515 | −0.820 | 0.224 |
Variables | M | SD | Variables | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Exposure | Protection | |||
1. Exposure to seismic activity | 2.55 | 2.78 | - | - |
2. Protection during and after seismic activity | 3.53 | 3.39 | - | - |
3. Total barriers to health care | 88.94 | 16.05 | −0.575 ** | −0.173 |
4. Skills subscale | 91.98 | 16.25 | −0.620 ** | −0.140 |
5. Marginalization subscale | 91.45 | 17.80 | −0.410 ** | −0.218 |
6. Expectation subscale | 89.23 | 20.55 | −0.370 ** | −0.155 |
7. Knowledge and beliefs subscale | 92.21 | 15.10 | −0.519 ** | −0.135 |
8. Pragmatics subscale | 82.58 | 19.94 | −0.600 ** | −0.094 |
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Peña-Vargas, C.; Toro-Morales, Y.; Valentin, P.; López, M.; Rodriguez-Castro, Z.; Hernandez-Torres, R.; Tollinchi-Natali, N.; Torres-Blasco, N.; Pereira, C.; Armaiz-Pena, G.N.; et al. Impact of Seismic Activity on Access to Health Care in Hispanic/Latino Cancer Patients from Puerto Rico. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 4246. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074246
Peña-Vargas C, Toro-Morales Y, Valentin P, López M, Rodriguez-Castro Z, Hernandez-Torres R, Tollinchi-Natali N, Torres-Blasco N, Pereira C, Armaiz-Pena GN, et al. Impact of Seismic Activity on Access to Health Care in Hispanic/Latino Cancer Patients from Puerto Rico. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(7):4246. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074246
Chicago/Turabian StylePeña-Vargas, Cristina, Yoamy Toro-Morales, Paola Valentin, María López, Zindie Rodriguez-Castro, Ruthmarie Hernandez-Torres, Nelmit Tollinchi-Natali, Normarie Torres-Blasco, Cristina Pereira, Guillermo N. Armaiz-Pena, and et al. 2022. "Impact of Seismic Activity on Access to Health Care in Hispanic/Latino Cancer Patients from Puerto Rico" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 7: 4246. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074246