Table 2.
Mean Total and Subscale Scores From the Quality of Life-Cancer Survivors Tool According to Disease and Treatment
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| Chemotherapy
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Local Therapy
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| Breast Cancer (n = 141)
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Lymphoma (n = 66)
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Breast Cancer (n = 294)
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Lymphoma (n = 37)
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| Quality-of-Life Measure | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ANOVA P Treatment Effect* | P, Treatment × Diagnosis |
| Physical | 8.0 | 1.4 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 8.2 | 1.3 | 8.0 | 1.5 | — | .01 |
| Psychological | 6.6 | 1.5 | 6.9 | 1.6 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 6.8 | 1.3 | .58 | — |
| Social | 7.7 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 8.1 | 1.4 | < .0001 | — |
| Spiritual | 6.4 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 1.6 | .20 | — |
| Total | 7.1 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 7.1 | 1.1 | .08 | — |
NOTE. MANCOVA treatment, P = .04; diagnosis, P = .99; treatment × diagnosis interaction, P = .06.
Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; MANCOVA, multivariate analysis of covariance; SD, standard deviation.
*
Adjusted for age at interview, time since last treatment, sex, education, and stage at diagnosis.