Table 3. Quality of life scores and their association with demographic and clinical characteristics in patients with brain tumors.

SD: standard deviation; P-value: the probability value indicating the significance of the results. * Statistically significant p-value < 0.05.

Variable		Quality of life, Mean (SD)	P-value
Gender	Male	192.7 (29.5)	<0.01*
	Female	218.6 (26.3)
Educational level	Illiterate	155 (18.8)	<0.01*
	Primary education	178.8 (7.7)
	Secondary education	218.4 (34.2)
	High education	196.9 (23.9)
Marital status	Single	205 (2)	<0.01*
	Married	190.1 (27.5)
	Widowed	233.3 (25.5)
Monthly income	Less than 3,000	218 (34.5)	<0.01*
	3,000 – 5,000	174.9 (25.8)
	5,000 – 10,000	205.8 (30.9)
	More than 10,000	194 (23.8)
Having chronic medical conditions	Yes	183.2 (21.7)	<0.01*
	No	233.7 (16.2)
Type of brain tumor	Primary tumor	199.4 (27.1)	0.3
	Secondary tumor	193.6 (36.8)
Tumor stage	First stage	219.8 (35.9)	<0.01*
	Second stage	171.2 (18.7)
	Third stage	179.5 (13.7)
	Unknown stage	201.3 (24.7)
Duration since diagnosis	Less than 6 months	196.7 (25.7)	0.7
	6 months – 1 year	198.7 (41.9)
	1 year – 3 years	192 (21.4)
	More than 3 years	203 (26.6)