Table 3.
Quality of life score according to occupation and family annual income.
| QLQ Items | Occupation | P | Clrel* | Family income | P | Clrel* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | Employed | Othersa | ≤1450 USD | >1451 USD | |||||
| N = 88 | N = 90 | N = 78 | N = 112 | N = 144 | |||||
| C30 Functional scales | |||||||||
| Global health status/ QOL | 55.1 ± 24.9 | 73.3 ± 18.7 | 67.5 ± 21.1 | 0.000 | Yes | 57.7 ± 25.0 | 71.2 ± 19.4 | 0.000 | Yes |
| Physical functioning | 80.6 ± 21.3 | 86.5 ± 14.8 | 85.8 ± 11.9 | 0.398 | No | 82.4 ± 19.2 | 85.7 ± 14.5 | 0.496 | No |
| Role functioning | 81.9 ± 22.0 | 84.4 ± 23.0 | 88.0 ± 19.7 | 0.107 | No | 80.6 ± 24.2 | 87.3 ± 20.4 | 0.017 | No |
| Emotional functioning | 78.2 ± 20.8 | 81.4 ± 15.9 | 81.2 ± 19.7 | 0.775 | No | 78.1 ± 9.2 | 81.9 ± 17.3 | 0.136 | No |
| Cognitive functioning | 79.2 ± 19.3 | 80.4 ± 20.4 | 80.8 ± 18.2 | 0.817 | No | 78.6 ± 19.6 | 81.2 ± 18.9 | 0.266 | No |
| Social functioning | 59.1 ± 30.8 | 74.8 ± 22.5 | 79.5 ± 22.3 | 0.000 | Yes | 60.4 ± 28.9 | 78.9 ± 22.3 | 0.000 | Yes |
| C30 Symptom scales | |||||||||
| Fatigue | 25.5 ± 22.0 | 25.4 ± 18.0 | 23.4 ± 18.4 | 0.683 | No | 27.6 ± 21.4 | 22.7 ± 17.7 | 0.094 | No |
| Nausea & vomiting | 20.8 ± 26.5 | 13.3 ± 22.5 | 11.5 ± 15.7 | 0.037 | No | 16.7 ± 24.5 | 14.3 ± 20.9 | 0.591 | No |
| Pain | 21.6 ± 25.9 | 15.2 ± 19.3 | 16.2 ± 13.9 | 0.322 | No | 19.3 ± 24.0 | 16.4 ± 17.5 | 0.917 | No |
| Dyspnoea | 10.6 ± 17.2 | 15.5 ± 21.9 | 13.7 ± 16.2 | 0.325 | No | 13.1 ± 19.7 | 13.4 ± 19.0 | 0.785 | No |
| Insomnia | 26.5 ± 27.3 | 31.8 ± 27.3 | 36.7 ± 32.9 | 0.126 | No | 29.7 ± 28.8 | 32.9 ± 29.7 | 0.394 | No |
| Appetite loss | 20.4 ± 26.9 | 14.8 ± 26.0 | 15.4 ± 19.9 | 0.255 | No | 17.3 ± 25.3 | 16.7 ± 24.3 | 0.956 | No |
| Constipation | 28.8 ± 32.4 | 23.7 ± 30.5 | 26.5 ± 27.6 | 0.484 | No | 29.2 ± 31.0 | 24.1 ± 29.6 | 0.170 | No |
| Diarrhoea | 8.3 ± 14.5 | 14.8 ± 22.9 | 6.8 ± 15.5 | 0.025 | No | 12.5 ± 20.6 | 8.3 ± 16.5 | 0.078 | No |
| Financial difficulties | 72.7 ± 32.2 | 42.2 ± 36.3 | 38.5 ± 32.7 | 0.000 | Yes | 68.5 ± 32.5 | 38.4 ± 35.1 | 0.000 | Yes |
| CX24 Functional scales | |||||||||
| Body image | 24.7 ± 23.3 | 24.4 ± 21.6 | 26.2 ± 24.1 | 0.912 | No | 24.9 ± 24.4 | 25.2 ± 21.7 | 0.640 | No |
| Sexual activity | 7.5 ± 14.9 | 8.5 ± 16.2 | 8.9 ± 15.8 | 0.831 | No | 6.5 ± 14.7 | 9.7 ± 16.2 | 0.071 | No |
| Sexual enjoyment (n = 80) | 55.5 ± 36.1 | 70.2 ± 45.0 | 69.4 ± 37.9 | 0.052 | No | 55.6 ± 41.3 | 72.3 ± 40.1 | 0.021 | Yes |
| Sexual/vaginal functioning (n = 72) | 76.0 ± 14.5 | 71.1 ± 28.6 | 81.8 ± 16.2 | 0.465 | No | 75.7 ± 27.9 | 75.3 ± 20.3 | 0.493 | No |
| CX24 Symptom scales | |||||||||
| Symptom experience | 17.1 ± 12.1 | 15.4 ± 15.3 | 9.5 ± 6.6 | 0.000 | No | 15.6 ± 11.1 | 13.1 ± 13.2 | 0.010 | No |
| Lymphoedema | 15.9 ± 24.2 | 3.7 ± 12.7 | 6.8 ± 15.5 | 0.000 | Yes | 10.7 ± 19.0 | 7.4 ± 18.7 | 0.058 | No |
| Peripheral neuropathy | 26.5 ± 27.3 | 19.2 ± 22.9 | 21.4 ± 20.8 | 0.196 | No | 23.8 ± 25.8 | 21.3 ± 22.5 | 0.590 | No |
| Menopausal symptoms | 25 ± 25.9 | 20.0 ± 24.9 | 19.6 ± 22.4 | 0.296 | No | 23.2 ± 24.4 | 20.4 ± 24.6 | 0.278 | No |
| Sexual worry | 8.3 ± 19.0 | 13.3 ± 23.8 | 9.4 ± 15.1 | 0.250 | No | 8.9 ± 18.4 | 11.6 ± 20.9 | 0.278 | No |
*Clinical relevance ≥10 points differences. aUnemployed/retired/housewife.