Table 3. QOL by stage of disease .

The data has been represented as mean ± SD. For significance, a p-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. The significant values are marked with *.

Stage	Physical (mean  ± SD)	Functional (mean  ± SD)	Cognitive (mean  ± SD)	Emotional (mean  ± SD)	Social (mean  ± SD)
I	61.80 ± 2.6	16.00 ± 1.00	5.80 ± 0.4	25.60 ± 3.2	10.20 ± 0.4
IIA	57.54 ± 8.3	14.69 ± 2.0	5.38 ± 0.9	25.15 ± 3.6	9.92 ± 1.3
IIB	48.63 ± 6.4	12.49 ± 1.6	4.32 ± 1.0	20.88 ± 4.3	7.59 ± 1.8
IIIA	45.81 ± 3.6	11.66 ± 1.4	3.94 ± 0.8	19.01 ± 2.4	7.21 ± 1.5
IIIB	46.34 ± 3.1	12.02 ± 1.5	3.80 ± 1.0	19.54 ± 3.2	7.23 ± 1.5
IV	44.78 ± 2.1	12.00 ± 1.1	4.44 ± 0.5	18.33 ± 2.1	7.22 ± 1.2
p-value	F = 26.44; p= 0.000*	F = 15.73; p = 0.000*	F = 11.28; p = 0.000*	F = 12.29; p = 0.000*	F = 10.55; p = 0.000*