Table 2.
Quality of life for subjects with and without comorbid chronic diseases after adjusting for the influence of the socio-demographic variables
| CCD, n = 460 | HPT, n = 184 | DM, n = 106 | HD, n = 147 | RD, n = 49 | DD, n = 297 | SD, n = 191 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (no CCD, n = 138) | (no HPT, n = 414) | (no DM, n = 492) | (no HD, n = 451) | (no RD, n = 549) | (no DD, n = 301) | (no SD, n = 407 ) | |
| EORTC QLQC-30 | |||||||
| PF | −2.50(83.46) | −5.43(83.09) ** | −3.87(82.20) | −6.95(82.95) ** | −7.79(82.07) * | −1.46(82.28) | −5.58(83.31) ** |
| RF | −3.66(92.49) | −4.73(90.99) * | −6.44(90.77) * | −8.21(91.32) ** | −14.94(90.71) *** | −1.50(90.41) | −4.72(91.13) * |
| CF | −5.81(87.86) * | −3.24(84.22) ** | −4.28(84.05) | −5.94(84.51) * | −9.76(83.99) ** | −4.88(85.93) ** | −8.99(86.20) *** |
| EF | −5.71(81.92) * | −3.93(78.56) ** | −4.88(78.30) * | −5.70(78.60) * | −7.00(77.93) * | −5.02(80.15) ** | −6.60(79.56) ** |
| SF | −5.71(80.59) | −5.69(77.75) * | −1.90(76.42) | −7.61(77.67) * | −15.34(77.22) ** | −4.81(78.70) * | −8.67(78.90) ** |
| QL | −7.22(65.93) * | −4.37(61.50) ** | −5.69(61.26) | −9.25(62.16) ** | −13.19(61.20) ** | −4.00(62.40) | −11.26(63.89) *** |
| FA | 8.82(23.22) ** | 5.00(28.72) * | 2.84(29.68) | 10.09(28.07) *** | 9.42(29.49) * | 8.55(25.52) *** | 7.96(27.60) ** |
| NV | 0.39(3.20) | 1.60(3.04) | 2.79(3.00) * | 3.29(2.82) ** | 3.48(3.25) | −0.58(3.83) | 1.29(3.09) |
| PA | 3.22(15.29) | 6.94(15.79) ** | 2.83(17.32) | 9.40(15.86) *** | 13.43(16.83) *** | 1.04(17.27) | 12.85(13.64) *** |
| DY | 6.90(9.47) ** | 1.79(14.40) | 1.93(14.58) | 10.63(12.69) *** | 21.24(13.34) *** | 4.28(12.59) * | 4.38(13.50) * |
| SL | 7.99(14.90) * | 2.43(20.51) | 3.46(20.59) | 10.13(19.09) ** | 16.22(20.01) *** | 5.92(17.99) * | 9.11(18.25) |
| AP | 3.89(6.36) | 2.83(8.61) | 2.69(8.95) | 3.76(8.65) | 9.93(8.70) ** | −0.03(9.46) | 6.95(7.17) ** |
| CO | 6.05(7.88) * | 0.29(12.59) | 4.86(11.78) | 7.71(11.05) ** | 12.11(11.76) ** | 3.29(10.87) | 3.70(11.46) ** |
| DI | 4.39(5.08) | 0.06(8.54) | 0.48(8.47) | 1.87(8.16) | 11.55(7.69) *** | 1.53(7.72) | 2.95(7.59) |
| FI | 4.82(30.89) | 5.34(33.13) | 5.50(33.69) | 9.67(32.67) * | 13.54(33.69) * | 4.72(32.12) | 2.71(33.82) |
1.Quality of life questionnaire abbreviation: Physical Functioning PF;Role Functioning, RF;Cognitive Functioning, CF;Emotional Functioning, EF;Social Functioning, SF;Global Health,QL; Fatigue, FA; Nausea and vomiting, NV; Pain, PA; Dyspnoea, DY; Insomnia, SL; Appetite loss, AP; Constipation, CO; Diarrhoea, DI; financial difficultis, FI. Social Functioning, SF
2. Comorbid chronic diseases abbreviation: Comorbid chronic diseases, CCD; hypertension, HPT;diabetes mellitus, DM; heart and cardiovascular diseases, HCD; respiratory diseases, RD; digestive diseases, DD; musculoskeletal diseases, MD
3. The difference in mean score of quality of life between GCS with and without CCD (mean score of quality of life among GCS without CCD)
4. Multiple linear regression, adjusted for influence of gender, age, BMI, education, household income, time after diagnosis, treatment.
5. * P <0.05, ** P <0.01, *** P <0.001