Table 2.
Patient functional status according to treatment
| Characteristics | Treatment | P-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (n=1306) | Conservative management (n=508) | Surgery (n=195) | Radiation (n=603) | ||
| Activities of daily living (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| No dependency | 934 (72 ) | 312 (61 ) | 157 (81 ) | 465 (77 ) | |
| Any dependency | 372 (28 ) | 196 (39 ) | 38 (19 ) | 138 (23 ) | |
| Physical component summary score, median (IQR) | 45 (36, 52) | 41 (32 , 51 ) | 48 (40 , 53 ) | 47 (38 , 53 ) | <0.001 |
| Who completed the survey (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| Self | 1153 (88 ) | 417 (82 ) | 190 (97 ) | 546 (91 ) | |
| Proxy | 153 (12 ) | 91 (18 ) | 5 (3 ) | 57 (9 ) | |
| Mental component summary score, median (IQR) | 56 (49, 61) | 55 (45 , 60 ) | 57 (51 , 61 ) | 57 (50 , 61 ) | 0.003 |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range
*
P-values for continuous and categorical variables are from Kruskal-wallis test and chi-square test, respectively.