Table 4.

Gender effect on health-related quality of life at Time A and Time B

	Time A		Time B		Time A vs Time B	Time A vs Time B
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
PGWBI	61.4 ± 18.4	73.2 ± 16.0*	66.7 ± 19.5	76.6 ± 16.8*	0.0002	<0.0001
Anxiety	14.1 ± 5.2	16.3 ± 4.5†	15.8 ± 5.0	17.5 ± 4.5†	0.0012	<0.0001
Depression	10.8 ± 3.0	12.3 ± 2.5*	11.2 ± 3.1	12.7 ± 2.4*	NS	0.0021
Well-being	9.1 ± 3.9	11.8 ± 3.5*	10.0 ± 4.1	12.3 ± 3.5*	0.0197	0.0011
Self-control	9.6 ± 3.3	11.4 ± 2.8*	10.1 ± 3.3	11.7 ± 2.9*	NS	0.0355
Health	8.4 ± 2.8	9.9 ± 2.7*	9.3 ± 3.0	10.5 ± 2.6†	0.0007	<0.0001
Vitality	9.3 ± 4.3	11.4 ± 3.7*	10.3 ± 4.3	12.0 ± 3.8†	0.0047	0.0014
SF-12 PCS	39.7 ± 10.2	46.6 ± 9.0*	41.1 ± 9.4	46.9 ± 9.6*	NS	NS
SF-12 MCS	40.8 ± 11.4	46.8 ± 10.2*	41.4 ± 11.6	48.1 ± 10.0*	NS	0.0131

Data are presented as mean ± SD. PGWBI, Psychological General Well-Being Index; SF-12, 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey; PCS, Physical Component Summary; MCS, Mental Component Summary; Time A, first time visit; Time B, after diagnosis communication.

*p < 0.0001, †p < 0.01 vs Female.