Table 3.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics associated with QOL in patients with facial prostheses
|
Characteristics |
Overall QOL |
Physical |
Psychological |
Social relationships |
Environmental health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (n)a | Mean ( SD) | Mean ( SD) | Mean ( SD) | Mean ( SD) | Mean ( SD) |
| Female (30) |
58.09 (13.87) |
58.09 (17.11) |
58.74 (16.05) |
61.38 (21.49) |
55.73 (19.08) |
| Male (30) |
64.34 (16.05) |
61.07 (22.84) |
62.49 (18.07) |
69.44 (16.71) |
66.66 (16.05) |
| p value |
0.112 |
0.570 |
0.399 |
0.111 |
0.020 |
| Educational level (n) a |
|
|
|
|
|
| ≤ 8 years of schooling (22) |
60.13 (17.52) |
60.71 (22.58) |
59.84 (20.31) |
65.53 (23.89) |
57.81 (20.31) |
| >8 years of schooling (38) |
61.84 (13.90) |
58.92 (18.74) |
61.07 (15.14) |
65.35 (16.83) |
63.15 (17.13) |
| p value |
0.678 |
0.743 |
0.807 |
0.975 |
0.281 |
| Marital status (n) a |
|
|
|
|
|
| Married (25) |
63.33 (14.22) |
63.71 (19.14) |
61.99 (15.74) |
63.33 (19.09) |
64.00 (16.24) |
| Single, divorced, or widowed (35) |
59.70 (15.90) |
56.63 (20.46) |
59.64 (18.09) |
66.90 (19.95) |
59.19 (19.74) |
| p value |
0.366 |
0.180 |
0.602 |
0.489 |
0.322 |
| Retention type of facial prosthesis (n) a |
|
|
|
|
|
| Adhesive-retained (35) |
60.65 (14.99) |
58.97 (19.96) |
59.52 (18.45) |
65.47 (19.50) |
60.62 (16.72) |
| Implant-retained (25) |
62.00 (15.77) |
60.42 (20.59) |
62.16 (15.11) |
65.33 (19.93) |
62.00 (20.80) |
| p value |
0.738 |
0.785 |
0.558 |
0.978 |
0.778 |
| Reason for facial defect (n) a |
|
|
|
|
|
| Trauma (20) |
60.31 (15.11) |
56.96 (20.83) |
57.08 (18.58) |
68.33 (18.65) |
62.65 (15.49) |
| Tumor resection (40) |
61.66 (15.42) |
60.89 (19.81) |
62.39 (16.19) |
63.95 (20.00) |
60.47 (19.80) |
| p value |
0.748 |
0.479 |
0.259 |
0.418 |
0.668 |
| Age (r)b |
−0.14 |
−0.16 |
−0.17 |
−0.27 |
0.032 |
| p value |
0.274 |
0.235 |
0.187 |
0.038 |
0.806 |
| Monthly family income (r) b |
0.38 |
0.24 |
0.25 |
0.29 |
0.39 |
| p value |
0.003 |
0.056 |
0.054 |
0.023 |
0.002 |
| Age of facial prosthesis (r) b |
0.17 |
0.11 |
0.03 |
0.10 |
0.27 |
| p value | 0.200 | 0.399 | 0.836 | 0.44 | 0.04 |
a Statistical evaluation by the independent sample t test. b Statistical evaluation by the Pearson correlation coefficient.