Table 2.

Predictor and outcome variables for Chinese- and Korean-American breast cancer survivors

Variables	Chinese (n = 86)		Korean (n = 71)		F
	Mean (SD)	Cronbach’s α	Mean (SD)	Cronbach’s α
Physical HRQOL (SF-36 PCS)	60.4 (23.0)	–	63.6 (25.1)	–	0.04
Mental HRQOL (SF-36 MCS)	63.5 (22.4)	–	67.2 (23.5)	–	0.27
SF-36 subscales
Physical functioning	71.3 (25.2)	0.87	61.8 (29.0)	0.85	5.48*
Role-physical	41.1 (40.3)	0.83	58.9 (43.2)	0.90	3.59
Bodily pain	70.7 (23.8)	0.87	75.1 (24.8)	0.89	0.35
General health perception	58.7 (23.0)	0.81	58.6 (24.3)	0.82	0.15
Social functioning	71.7 (24.7)	0.81	75.5 (26.1)	0.82	0.17
Mental health	69.2 (19.5)	0.86	69.0 (19.8)	0.85	0.02
Role-emotional	53.7 (43.1)	0.81	70.0 (42.1)	0.91	3.59
Vitality	58.5 (20.2)	0.86	54.2 (20.6)	0.81	2.05
Family communication
General communication	3.7 (1.0)	0.96	3.7 (1.0)	0.96	0.08
Cancer-related communication	3.8 (1.2)	0.95	4.2 (1.1)	0.93	2.13
Decisions with family	3.8 (1.3)	0.81	3.7 (1.2)	0.72	0.01
Family flexibility	3.1 (0.8)	0.92	2.9 (0.7)	0.91	4.37*
Social support	3.5 (1.0)	0.97	3.2 (1.2)	0.98	2.37
The level of acculturation	3.5 (1.0)	0.96	3.0 (0.9)	0.81	18.67***

Education, cancer stage, surgery-Axillary node dissection, and years since diagnosis have been controlled

SD standard deviation, HRQOL health-related quality of life, PCS physical component summary, MCS mental component summary

^*p<0.05;

^***p<0.001