Table 3.

Frequency of impairment on patient-reported measures in the interviews before and after multiple myeloma (MM) diagnosis, in patients who survived until HRS interview after diagnosis

Characteristic	N in comparison	Before MM diagnosis	After MM diagnosis	p value
Physical impairment
Difficulty with any ADL	65	15 (23%)	26 (40%)	0.016
Difficulty with any IADL	64	19 (30%)	26 (41%)	0.127
Difficulty with walking several blocks	63	19 (30%)	38 (60%)	<0.001
Difficulty with climbing one flights of stairs	59	15 (25%)	28 (47%)	0.003
Sensory impairment
Vision impairment	66	20 (30%)	20 (30%)	1.000
Hearing impairment	66	13 (20%)	22 (33%)	0.039
Patient experience
Significant pain	64	17 (27%)	24 (38%)	0.090
Poor self-rated health	64	24 (38%)	39 (61%)	0.004
Depression	53	8 (15%)	16 (30%)	0.021