Table 3.
Performance and participation outcomes among brain tumor survivors and a population frequency matched on sex, age, and zip code.
| Survivors | Comparison group | Effect size | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Performance | ||||||
| Physical Function | ||||||
| Functional Status Index┼ | 77.3 | 42.3 | 54.8 | 3.1 | 0.75 | <0.001 |
| Berg Balance Test* | 48.6 | 12.4 | 56.0 | 1.0 | 0.85 | <0.001 |
| Physical Performance Test* | 21.5 | 7.9 | 26.8 | 1.4 | 1.06 | <0.001 |
| Kaufmann Brief Intelligence Test 2 | ||||||
| (Composite) | 83.1 | 23.1 | 102.7 | 14.3 | 1.01 | <0.001 |
| Brief Symptom Inventory-18 | ||||||
| Somatization | 50.3 | 9.5 | 48.0 | 6.8 | 0.28 | 0.08 |
| Depression | 49.2 | 10.2 | 47.0 | 8.3 | 0.24 | 0.13 |
| Anxiety | 48.8 | 10.6 | 46.6 | 7.7 | 0.23 | 0.15 |
| Global status index | 49.1 | 11.0 | 46.8 | 8.3 | 0.23 | 0.16 |
| N | % | N | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participation | |||||
| Employment | |||||
| Employed/student | 51 | (65.4) | 73 | (93.6) | <0.001 |
| Sheltered employment | 4 | (5.1) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Unemployed | 23 | (29.5) | 5 | (6.4) | |
| Education | |||||
| < High school | 4 | (5.1) | 2 | (2.6) | <0.001 |
| High school graduate | 27 | (34.6) | 8 | (10.3) | |
| More than high school | 47 | (60.3) | 68 | (87.2) | |
| Living situation | |||||
| Independent | 58 | (74.4) | 78 | (100.0) | <0.001 |
| Family support | 18 | (23.1) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Custodial care | 2 | (2.6) | 0 | (0.0) | |
┼
a higher score indicates a greater degree of limitation
*
A lower score indicates a greater degree of limitation