Table 3.
QOL subscale domain scores in relation to demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients
| Physical well-being | Psychological well-being | Social well-being | Spiritual well-being | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | P-value | Mean | SD | P-value | Mean | SD | P-value | Mean | SD | P-value | ||
| Age (years) | 18–27 | 7.61 | 0.66 | 0.099 | 7.04 | 0.24 | 0.815 | 7.05 | 0.44 | 0.154 | 7.25 | 0.60 | 0.180 |
| 28–37 | 7.12 | 0.63 | 7.10 | 0.29 | 7.12 | 0.43 | 7.26 | 0.79 | |||||
| 38–47 | 7.48 | 0.53 | 7.11 | 0.31 | 6.82 | 0.42 | 6.85 | 0.59 | |||||
| >48 | 8.18 | 0.53 | 7.12 | 0.36 | 7.03 | 0.33 | 7.25 | 0.61 | |||||
| Marital status | Single | 7.26 | 0.47 | 0.001 | 7.14 | 0.18 | 0.852 | 7.15 | 0.44 | 0.029 | 7.33 | 0.68 | 0.205 |
| Married | 7.32 | 0.67 | 7.07 | 0.28 | 7.13 | 0.41 | 7.24 | 0.68 | |||||
| Divorced | 7.56 | 0.66 | 7.06 | 0.30 | 6.82 | 0.43 | 6.93 | 0.64 | |||||
| Widowed | 8.18 | 0.52 | 7.12 | 0.35 | 7.01 | 0.33 | 7.28 | 0.62 | |||||
| Education | No schooling | 7.67 | 0.53 | 0.366 | 6.95 | 0.45 | 0.463 | 7.14 | 0.62 | 0.733 | 6.67 | 0.91 | 0.064 |
| Primary school | 7.71 | 0.72 | 7.04 | 0.31 | 7.05 | 0.38 | 7.11 | 0.65 | |||||
| Secondary school | 7.50 | 0.74 | 7.12 | 0.26 | 7.04 | 0.44 | 7.39 | 0.62 | |||||
| Graduate level | 7.75 | 0.74 | 7.18 | 0.27 | 6.97 | 0.31 | 7.09 | 0.62 | |||||
| Postgraduate | 7.98 | 0.45 | 7.03 | 0.42 | 6.87 | 0.43 | 6.88 | 0.64 | |||||
| Occupation | Employed | 7.64 | 0.66 | 0.928 | 7.23 | 0.29 | 0.012 | 7.03 | 0.36 | 0.831 | 7.34 | 0.52 | 0.193 |
| Not employed | 7.66 | 0.73 | 7.05 | 0.29 | 7.01 | 0.42 | 7.14 | 0.69 | |||||
| Cancer stage | I/II | 7.93 | 0.70 | 0.001 | 7.07 | 0.31 | 0.675 | 6.97 | 0.38 | 0.352 | 7.20 | 0.73 | 0.873 |
| III/IV | 7.46 | 0.65 | 7.10 | 0.30 | 7.05 | 0.42 | 7.18 | 0.61 | |||||
| Multiple tumors | Yes | 7.55 | 0.64 | 0.500 | 7.11 | 0.40 | 0.813 | 7.05 | 0.44 | 0.728 | 7.18 | 0.74 | 0.933 |
| No | 7.68 | 0.72 | 7.09 | 0.27 | 7.01 | 0.40 | 7.19 | 0.64 | |||||
| Metastasis | Yes | 7.55 | 0.79 | 0.609 | 7.10 | 0.24 | 0.916 | 6.94 | 0.43 | 0.486 | 7.11 | 0.64 | 0.686 |
| No | 7.67 | 0.70 | 7.09 | 0.31 | 7.03 | 0.40 | 7.20 | 0.66 | |||||
| Cancer surgery | Yes | 7.58 | 0.72 | 0.105 | 7.08 | 0.29 | 0.760 | 7.04 | 0.43 | 0.365 | 7.24 | 0.61 | 0.220 |
| No | 7.85 | 0.63 | 7.11 | 0.34 | 6.95 | 0.33 | 7.05 | 0.78 | |||||
| Chemotherapy | Yes | 7.78 | 0.71 | 0.127 | 7.10 | 0.28 | 0.804 | 6.95 | 0.39 | 0.135 | 7.34 | 0.57 | 0.043 |
| No | 7.55 | 0.70 | 7.08 | 0.32 | 7.07 | 0.42 | 7.07 | 0.70 | |||||
| Radiation | Yes | 7.60 | 0.73 | 0.470 | 7.08 | 0.33 | 0.771 | 7.01 | 0.41 | 0.893 | 7.34 | 0.66 | 0.033 |
| No | 7.70 | 0.69 | 7.10 | 0.28 | 7.02 | 0.41 | 7.05 | 0.63 | |||||
| Immunotherapy | Yes | 7.57 | 0.66 | 0.184 | 7.08 | 0.28 | 0.691 | 7.03 | 0.42 | 0.818 | 7.20 | 0.68 | 0.880 |
| No | 7.77 | 0.76 | 7.11 | 0.33 | 7.01 | 0.40 | 7.17 | 0.64 | |||||