Table 3.
Sexual Functioning, Symptoms, and Quality of Life for Survivors and Siblings: WHQ and SF-36
| Subscale | Survivors (n = 2,178) |
Siblings (n = 408) |
OR* | 95% CI | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | ||||
| WHQ | |||||||
| Depressed mood | 1.13 | 0.90 to 1.43 | .3 | ||||
| > 0-1 | 1,304 | 60.2 | 226 | 55.5 | |||
| 0 | 863 | 39.8 | 181 | 44.5 | |||
| Somatic symptoms | 1.24 | 0.90 to 1.70 | .2 | ||||
| > 0-1 | 1,895 | 87.2 | 339 | 83.3 | |||
| 0 | 279 | 12.8 | 68 | 16.7 | |||
| Memory/concentration | 1.29 | 1.03 to 1.63 | .03 | ||||
| > 0-1 | 1,272 | 58.6 | 206 | 50.5 | |||
| 0 | 900 | 41.4 | 202 | 49.5 | |||
| Vasomotor symptoms | 1.27 | 0.98 to 1.64 | .07 | ||||
| > 0-1 | 694 | 31.9 | 112 | 27.5 | |||
| 0 | 1,480 | 68.1 | 296 | 72.5 | |||
| Anxiety/fears | 1.33 | 1.06 to 1.68 | .01 | ||||
| > 0-1 | 1,316 | 60.7 | 208 | 51.1 | |||
| 0 | 852 | 39.3 | 199 | 48.9 | |||
| Sexual behavior | 1.17 | 0.92 to 1.50 | .2 | ||||
| > 0-1 | 927 | 49.8 | 182 | 49.2 | |||
| 0 | 933 | 50.2 | 188 | 50.8 | |||
| Sleep problems | 1.02 | 0.81 to 1.29 | .9 | ||||
| > 0-1 | 1,335 | 61.6 | 242 | 59.5 | |||
| 0 | 833 | 38.4 | 165 | 40.5 | |||
| Menstrual problems | 0.90 | 0.69 to 1.17 | .4 | ||||
| > 0-1 | 1,589 | 73.1 | 297 | 72.8 | |||
| 0 | 585 | 26.9 | 111 | 27.2 | |||
| Attractiveness | 1.11 | 0.89 to 1.40 | .4 | ||||
| > 0-1 | 1,097 | 50.5 | 192 | 47.1 | |||
| 0 | 1,077 | 49.5 | 216 | 52.9 | |||
| SF-36 | |||||||
| Physical functioning | 0.39 | 0.19 to 0.78 | .008 | ||||
| 0 to < 40 | 126 | 5.8 | 9 | 2.2 | |||
| ≥ 40 to 100 | 2,045 | 94.2 | 398 | 97.8 | |||
| Role—physical | 0.68 | 0.47 to 1.00 | .05 | ||||
| 0 to < 40 | 302 | 13.9 | 36 | 8.9 | |||
| ≥ 40 to 100 | 1,867 | 86.1 | 370 | 91.1 | |||
| Bodily pain | 0.65 | 0.39 to 1.06 | .09 | ||||
| 0 to < 40 | 173 | 8.0 | 21 | 5.2 | |||
| ≥ 40 to 100 | 1,996 | 92.0 | 386 | 94.8 | |||
| General health perceptions | 0.41 | 0.27 to 0.61 | < .001 | ||||
| 0 to < 40 | 369 | 17.0 | 33 | 8.1 | |||
| ≥ 40 to 100 | 1,802 | 83.0 | 374 | 91.9 | |||
| Vitality | 0.91 | 0.72 to 1.14 | .4 | ||||
| 0 to < 40 | 1,073 | 49.5 | 183 | 45 | |||
| ≥ 40 to 100 | 1,095 | 50.5 | 224 | 55 | |||
| Social functioning | 0.64 | 0.38 to 1.07 | .09 | ||||
| 0 to < 40 | 180 | 8.3 | 19 | 4.7 | |||
| ≥ 40 to 100 | 1,978 | 91.7 | 383 | 95.3 | |||
| Role—emotional | 0.98 | 0.74 to 1.31 | .9 | ||||
| 0 to < 40 | 497 | 22.9 | 81 | 20 | |||
| ≥ 40 to 100 | 1,669 | 77.1 | 323 | 80 | |||
| Mental health | 1.51 | 0.91 to 2.51 | .1 | ||||
| 0 to < 40 | 97 | 4.5 | 23 | 5.7 | |||
| ≥ 40 to 100 | 2,072 | 95.5 | 384 | 94.3 | |||
| Physical summary scale | 0.42 | 0.027 to 0.63 | < .001 | ||||
| 0 to < 40 | 342 | 15.9 | 29 | 7.3 | |||
| ≥ 40 to 100 | 1,809 | 84.1 | 371 | 92.7 | |||
| Mental summary scale | 1.04 | 0.79 to 1.35 | .8 | ||||
| 0 to < 40 | 559 | 26.0 | 96 | 24.0 | |||
| ≥ 40 to 100 | 1,592 | 74.0 | 304 | 76.0 | |||
Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; SF-36, Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36; WHQ, Women's Health Questionnaire.
*
Siblings used as referent to compare proportion of score 0 over score 0 to 1 with survivors for WHQ and to compare proportion of t score ≥ 40 to 100 over t score 0 to < 40 with survivors for SF-36.