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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2021 Dec 31;46(1):3–13. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000001052

Table 4 •.

QOL Dimension Scores and Bivariate Correlations With the COST Measure of Financial Hardship

QOL Dimensions Mean (SD), Range Correlation With FH

 Physical functioning (n = 73) 40.3 (23.8), 0–90 r = 0.062, P = .599
 Role limitations due to physical health (n = 74) 20.6 (34.7), 0–100 r = 0.282, P = .015
 Pain (n = 75) 40.7 (25.4), 0–100 r = 0.320, P = .005
 General health (n = 74) 38.4 (19.4), 0–85 r = 0.025, P = .832
 Social functioning (n = 74) 51.8 (26.1), 0–100 r =0.183, P = .119
 Role limitations due to emotional problems (n = 75) 34.2 (41.0), 0–100 r = 0.276, P = .017
 Energy/fatigue (n = 75) 34.8 (19.9), 0–85 r =0.014, P = .236
 Emotional well-being (n = 75) 64.2 (20.4), 12–100 r = 0.393, P < .001

Abbreviations: COST, COmphrehensive Score for financial Toxicity; FH, financial hardship; QOL, quality of life.