Table 5.
Known-groups validity for MMQL-Adult Form
| Factor | Scale range | Study population | P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy controls (n=327) | Cancer patients | ||||||||
| Off therapy (n=107) | On therapy (n=65) | ||||||||
| Min | Max | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Social functioning | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.97 | 0.7 | 3.89 | 0.8 | 4.18 | 0.6 | 0.03 |
| Physical functioning | 1.17 | 5.00 | 4.29 | 0.6 | 3.81 | 0.8 | 3.47 | 1.0 | <0.001 |
| Cognitive functioning | 1.00 | 5.00 | 4.20 | 0.7 | 3.90 | 0.9 | 4.02 | 0.8 | <0.001 |
| Outlook on life | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.76 | 1.0 | 3.80 | 0.9 | 3.50 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Body image | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.36 | 0.8 | 3.04 | 0.8 | 3.13 | 0.7 | 0.001 |
| Psychological functioning | 1.29 | 5.00 | 4.02 | 0.6 | 3.76 | 0.7 | 3.78 | 0.7 | <0.001 |
| MMQL | 1.51 | 5.00 | 4.01 | 0.6 | 3.73 | 0.6 | 3.72 | 0.6 | <0.001 |
MMQL Minneapolis-Manchester Quality of Life
Post hoc findings:
Social functioning: off-therapy scores significantly lower than on therapy scores.
Physical functioning: on-therapy scores significantly lower than off-therapy and healthy control scores; off-therapy scores significantly lower than healthy control scores.
Cognitive functioning: off-therapy scores significantly lower than healthy control scores.
Outlook on life: no difference post hoc.
Body image: off-therapy scores significantly lower than healthy control scores.
Psychological functioning: on-therapy and off-therapy scores significantly lower than healthy control scores.
MMQL: on-therapy and off-therapy scores significantly lower than healthy control scores.