Table 4.
Multivariate-Adjusted SF-36 Scores by Number of Arm Symptoms in Participants With Unilateral Breast Cancer Without Diagnosed Lymphedema
| SF-36 Summary and Subscales* | No Symptoms (n = 708)†
|
1 Symptom (n = 214)‡
|
2 Symptoms (n = 101)‡
|
3 or 4 Symptoms (n = 98)‡
|
5+ Symptoms (n = 62)‡
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Score | SE | Mean Score | SE | Mean Score | SE | Mean Score | SE | Mean Score | SE | |
| Physical component summary | 41.9 | 0.4 | 38.4 | 0.7 | 38.1 | 1.0 | 37.8 | 1.0 | 35.3 | 1.3 |
| Mental component summary | 53.1 | 0.4 | 53.0 | 0.7 | 52.9 | 0.7 | 48.7 | 1.0 | 47.0 | 1.2 |
| Vitality/fatigue | 49.9 | 0.4 | 47.6 | 0.7 | 46.4 | 1.0 | 44.8 | 1.0 | 44.0 | 1.2 |
| Physical functioning | 40.3 | 0.4 | 37.6 | 0.7 | 36.7 | 1.0 | 36.5 | 1.0 | 35.1 | 1.3 |
| Role limitations, physical | 43.0 | 0.4 | 39.5 | 0.7 | 40.3 | 1.1 | 37.7 | 1.1 | 35.6 | 1.3 |
| Mental health | 53.0 | 0.3 | 51.5 | 0.6 | 51.6 | 0.9 | 49.2 | 0.9 | 47.2 | 1.1 |
| Role limitations, emotional | 48.2 | 0.4 | 46.7 | 0.8 | 47.2 | 1.2 | 42.0 | 1.2 | 39.1 | 1.5 |
| Social functioning | 50.5 | 0.4 | 48.2 | 0.7 | 45.8 | 1.1 | 44.5 | 1.1 | 44.8 | 1.4 |
| Bodily pain | 47.8 | 0.4 | 44.4 | 0.7 | 44.1 | 1.0 | 41.9 | 1.0 | 41.3 | 1.3 |
| General health | 47.9 | 0.3 | 45.1 | 0.6 | 44.3 | 0.9 | 43.8 | 0.9 | 41.1 | 1.1 |
Abbreviation: SF-36, Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36.
*
Ptrend < .0001 for each component summary and subscale, adjusted for age, baseline body mass index, and comorbidity index.
†
Women without lymphedema or arm symptoms include all participants with unilateral breast cancer who denied a history of lymphedema and did not experience any symptoms of lymphedema in the last 3 months on the 2004 survey.
‡
Women with arm symptoms without diagnosed lymphedema include all participants with unilateral breast cancer who reported any symptoms of lymphedema (in the last 3 months) on the 2004 survey.