Table 3. Association of financial distress on patients’ qualities of life.

	Financial DistressN = 73 (51%)	No Financial DistressN = 70 (49%)	p
QoL Scale	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
FACT-G	59 (18)	67 (18)	0.005
PWBa	14 (7)	18 (7)	0.008
FSWBb	17 (5)	19 (4)	0.04
EWBc	14 (6)	16 (5)	0.008
FWBd	13 (6)	14 (6)	0.224
HADS-A	9 (4)	7 (4)	0.009
HADS-D	8 (4)	6 (4)	0.007
ESAS	N = 70 Mean (SD)	N = 67 Mean (SD)
PHSe	248 (138)	177 (132)	0.02
PSSf	106 (73)	66 (67)	0.01
TSDSg	354 (196)	244 (189)	0.01
Spiritual	22 (29)	13 (23)	0.045

^aPWB: Physical Well Being.

^bFSWB: Social/Familial Well Being.

^cEWB: Emotional Well Being.

^dFWB: Functional Well Being.

^ePHS: Physical Distress Subscore.

^fPSS: Psychological Distress Subscore.

^gTSDS: Total Symptom Distress Subscore.