Table 3.
FACIT-F | FACIT-G | FACIT-F TOI | PWB | SWB | EWB | FWB | FS | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender (0 men, 1 women) | ß | -0.164 | -0.128 | -0.177 | -0.230 | 0.050 | -0.171 | -0.097 | -0.176 |
p | 0.112 | 0.187 | 0.098 | 0.043 | 0.572 | 0.125 | 0.321 | 0.111 | |
Age group (0 <45 y, 1 ≥ 45 y) | ß | -0.223 | -0.197 | -0.236 | -0.179 | -0.163 | -0.090 | -0.202 | -0.248 |
p | 0.038 | 0.050 | 0.033 | 0.119 | 0.076 | 0.413 | 0.043 | 0.031 | |
Marital status (0 single, 1 partner) | ß | 0.051 | 0.021 | 0.047 | -0.010 | 0.017 | 0.059 | 0.040 | 0.089 |
p | 0.636 | 0.839 | 0.678 | 0.932 | 0.857 | 0.607 | 0.692 | 0.447 | |
Depression (0 no, 1 yes) | ß | -0.026 | -0.056 | 0.036 | 0.116 | -0.441 | 0.199 | -0.118 | 0.003 |
p | 0.838 | 0.698 | 0.818 | 0.471 | 0.001 | 0.213 | 0.409 | 0.984 | |
Initial therapy (0 hypo, 1 rhTSH) | ß | -0.056 | -0.029 | -0.064 | -0.041 | -0.010 | 0.001 | 0.004 | -0.070 |
p | 0.595 | 0.767 | 0.555 | 0.715 | 0.908 | 0.997 | 0.970 | 0.532 | |
Anxiety level* | ß | -0.076 | -0.061 | -0.079 | -0.165 | 0.128 | -0.172 | -0.076 | -0.076 |
p | 0.588 | 0.649 | 0.587 | 0.284 | 0.285 | 0.258 | 0.565 | 0.616 | |
Baseline QOL** | ß | 0.444 | 0.499 | 0.442 | 0.380 | 0.513 | 0.500 | 0.447 | 0.357 |
p | 0.002 | <0.001 | 0.003 | 0.004 | <0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.012 |
PWB Physical well-being, SWB Social/family well-being, EWB Emotional well-being, FWB Functional well-being, FS Fatigue
FACIT-G (PWB, SWB, EWB, and FWB subscales), FACIT-F (FACT-G, and FS subscale), FACIT-F TOI (PWB, FWB, and FS subscales)
ß: standardized beta coefficient (ß represents the change in standard deviation units in QOL score resulting from a change of one standard deviation in the different independent variables);
p: p-value
*the higher the score, the higher anxiety level
**the higher the score, the higher the QOL level
Bold values: p < 0.05