Table 2.
Quality of life score by age, education, and residence of the patients.
| QLQ Items | Age | P | Clrel* | Education | P | Clrel* | Residence | P | Clrel* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤45 | ≥46 | Illiterate | Literate | Rural | Urban | |||||||
| N = 66 | N = 190 | N = 56 | N = 200 | N = 126 | N = 130 | |||||||
| C30 Functional scales | ||||||||||||
| Global health status/ QOL | 68.7 ± 25.0 | 64.1 ± 22.2 | 0.073 | No | 53.5 ± 23.4 | 68.5 ± 21.8 | 0.000 | Yes | 55.1 ± 24.9 | 73.3 ± 18.6 | 0.000 | Yes |
| Physical functioning | 86.9 ± 22.2 | 83.4 ± 17.6 | 0.291 | No | 79.5 ± 19.0 | 85.6 ± 15.8 | 0.042 | No | 80.6 ± 21.3 | 86.5 ± 14.8 | 0.178 | No |
| Role functioning | 86.4 ± 16.8 | 83.7 ± 24.0 | 0.942 | No | 82.1 ± 24.2 | 85.0 ± 21.8 | 0.367 | No | 81.1 ± 23.6 | 84.4 ± 23.0 | 0.231 | No |
| Emotional functioning | 81.3 ± 15.3 | 79.9 ± 19.1 | 0.984 | No | 79.4 ± 20.7 | 80.5 ± 17.4 | 0.907 | No | 78.2 ± 20.8 | 81.4 ± 15.9 | 0.595 | No |
| Cognitive functioning | 83.8 ± 15.7 | 78.8 ± 20.3 | 0.139 | No | 78.6 ± 20.0 | 70.5 ± 18.8 | 0.651 | No | 79.2 ± 19.2 | 80.4 ± 20.4 | 0.553 | No |
| Social functioning | 75.2 ± 24.5 | 69.3 ± 27.7 | 0.158 | No | 58.3 ± 33.6 | 74.3 ± 24.2 | 0.001 | Yes | 59.1 ± 0.8 | 74.8 ± 22.5 | 0.001 | Yes |
| Symptom scales | ||||||||||||
| Fatigue | 22.6 ± 16.2 | 25.6 ± 20.6 | 0.470 | No | 25.8 ± 18.9 | 24.5 ± 19.7 | 0.352 | No | 25.5 ± 22.0 | 25.4 ± 18.0 | 0.696 | No |
| Nausea & vomiting | 11.1 ± 14.7 | 16.8 ± 24.5 | 0.365 | No | 20.8 ± 25.7 | 13.8 ± 21.4 | 0.040 | No | 20.8 ± 26.5 | 13.3 ± 22.5 | 0.023 | No |
| Pain | 17.2 ± 15.2 | 17.9 ± 22.2 | 0.411 | No | 22.0 ± 24.2 | 16.5 ± 19.4 | 0.233 | No | 21.6 ± 25.9 | 15.2 ± 19.3 | 0.179 | No |
| Dyspnoea | 20.2 ± 20.1 | 10.9 ± 18.4 | 0.000 | No | 9.5 ± 15.1 | 14.3 ± 20.1 | 0.165 | No | 10.6 ± 17.1 | 15.5 ± 21.9 | 0.164 | No |
| Insomnia | 26.2 ± 28.5 | 33.3 ± 29.5 | 0.069 | No | 29.8 ± 28.9 | 32.0 ± 29.5 | 0.643 | No | 26.5 ± 27.3 | 31.8 ± 27.3 | 0.174 | No |
| Appetite loss | 11.1 ± 19.7 | 18.9 ± 25.9 | 0.033 | No | 28.5 ± 28.0 | 13.7 ± 22.7 | 0.000 | Yes | 20.4 ± 26.9 | 14.8 ± 26.0 | 0.116 | No |
| Constipation | 20.2 ± 24.7 | 28.4 ± 31.7 | 0.750 | No | 32.1 ± 34.2 | 24.7 ± 28.9 | 0.174 | No | 28.8 ± 32.4 | 23.7 ± 30.5 | 0.291 | No |
| Diarrhoea | 12.1 ± 23.1 | 9.5 ± 16.5 | 0.748 | No | 8.3 ± 14.5 | 10.7 ± 19.4 | 0.655 | No | 8.3 ± 14.5 | 14.8 ± 22.9 | 0.079 | No |
| Financial difficulties | 46.5 ± 35.0 | 53.3 ± 37.7 | 0.179 | No | 67.8 ± 38.6 | 47.0 ± 35.4 | 0.000 | Yes | 72.7 ± 32.2 | 42.2 ± 36.3 | 0.000 | Yes |
| CX24 Functional scales | ||||||||||||
| Body image | 21.5 ± 21.7 | 26.3 ± 23.1 | 0.118 | No | 29.4 ± 25.5 | 23.9 ± 21.9 | 0.192 | No | 24.7 ± 23.3 | 24.4 ± 21.6 | 0.888 | No |
| Sexual activity | 8.5 ± 15.8 | 8.2 ± 15.6 | 0.863 | No | 4.2 ± 11.1 | 9.5 ± 16.4 | 0.027 | No | 7.6 ± 14.9 | 8.5 ± 16.2 | 0.756 | No |
| Sexual enjoyment (n = 80) | 70.4 ± 19.4 | 80.2 ± 26.3 | 0.199 | No | 55.6 ± 40.8 | 68.1 ± 41.2 | 0.191 | No | 55.5 ± 36.1 | 70.2 ± 45.0 | 0.018 | Yes |
| Sexual/vaginal functioning (n = 72) | 86.1 ± 13.4 | 71.9 ± 24.3 | 0.025 | Yes | 87.5 ± 14.8 | 73.9 ± 23.4 | 0.099 | No | 76.0 ± 14.5 | 71.1 ± 28.6 | 0.865 | No |
| Symptom scales | ||||||||||||
| Symptom experience | 10.5 ± 7.5 | 15.9 ± 13.6 | 0.013 | No | 15.9 ± 12.5 | 13.7 ± 12.4 | 0.209 | No | 17.1 ± 12.0 | 15.4 ± 15.2 | 0.083 | No |
| Lymphoedema | 10.1 ± 19.4 | 8.4 ± 18.7 | 0.457 | No | 11.9 ± 22.4 | 8.0 ± 17.7 | 0.147 | No | 15.9 ± 24.2 | 3.7 ± 12.7 | 0.000 | Yes |
| Peripheral neuropathy | 14.1 ± 18.5 | 25.3 ± 25.0 | 0.002 | Yes | 26.2 ± 27.5 | 21.3 ± 22.9 | 0.310 | No | 26.5 ± 27.3 | 19.2 ± 22.9 | 0.081 | No |
| Menopausal symptoms | 24.2 ± 27.7 | 20.7 ± 23.3 | 0.510 | No | 20.2 ± 24.4 | 22.0 ± 24.6 | 0.614 | No | 25.0 ± 25.9 | 20.0 ± 24.9 | 0.158 | No |
| Sexual worry | 14.1 ± 16.6 | 9.1 ± 20.8 | 0.002 | No | 3.6 ± 10.4 | 12.3 ± 21.5 | 0.002 | No | 8.3 ± 19.0 | 13.3 ± 23.8 | 0.101 | No |
*Clinical relevance ≥10 points differences.