Table 2.
Mean Physical and Mental Health-Related Quality of Life PROMIS Scores by Selected Demographic Characteristics
| Pain Interference | Fatigue | Physical Function | Sleep Disturbance | Anxiety | Depression | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | |
| Overall | 296 | 52.1 | 9.7 | 284 | 48.7 | 10.3 | 281 | 48.3 | 9.3 | 270 | 49.4 | 9.0 | 287 | 49.4 | 9.0 | 289 | 48.9 | 8.6 |
| Income | ||||||||||||||||||
| <$30,000 | 88 | 55.2 | 10.4 | 79 | 52.0 | 11.0 | 85 | 43.8 | 10.1 | 77 | 51.8 | 9.4 | 81 | 51.8 | 9.9 | 83 | 51.7 | 9.8 |
| $30,000 - $69,999 | 110 | 52.9 | 9.1 | 105 | 49.5 | 9.3 | 103 | 48.8 | 8.5 | 100 | 50.9 | 8.8 | 108 | 49.4 | 9.0 | 109 | 49.4 | 8.3 |
| ≥$70,000 | 85 | 48.2 | 8.5 | 85 | 44.8 | 9.8 | 78 | 52.4 | 7.5 | 78 | 48.1 | 8.2 | 85 | 47.2 | 8.1 | 84 | 45.9 | 7.0 |
| p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p=0.011 | p=0.002 | p<0.001 | |||||||||||||
| Health literacy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low | 76 | 56.1 | 9.3 | 70 | 50.6 | 10.1 | 71 | 45.5 | 9.3 | 67 | 53.4 | 8.8 | 70 | 52.7 | 9.3 | 73 | 52.5 | 9.0 |
| High | 218 | 50.6 | 9.4 | 212 | 48.1 | 10.3 | 209 | 49.3 | 9.2 | 201 | 49.3 | 8.7 | 215 | 48.4 | 8.7 | 214 | 47.7 | 8.2 |
| p<0.001 | p=0.069 | p=0.003 | p=0.001 | p=0.001 | p<0.001 | |||||||||||||
| Highest level of education | ||||||||||||||||||
| ≤High school | 80 | 54.6 | 10.0 | 73 | 51.1 | 10.2 | 78 | 45.5 | 10.2 | 73 | 52.1 | 9.9 | 73 | 52.5 | 9.4 | 75 | 51.7 | 9.6 |
| Some college | 111 | 52.5 | 9.5 | 109 | 49.4 | 10.0 | 106 | 47.4 | 9.1 | 98 | 50.5 | 9.2 | 109 | 48.7 | 9.5 | 111 | 48.6 | 8.6 |
| ≥College degree | 104 | 49.6 | 9.2 | 101 | 46.1 | 10.2 | 96 | 51.6 | 8.1 | 98 | 48.8 | 7.4 | 104 | 48.1 | 7.8 | 102 | 47.2 | 7.5 |
| p<0.001 | p=0.001 | p<0.001 | p=0.013 | p=0.003 | p=0.002 | |||||||||||||
| Insurance | ||||||||||||||||||
| Private insurance | 110 | 50.3 | 8.9 | 110 | 48.8 | 10.9 | 103 | 52.1 | 7.5 | 103 | 50.6 | 8.5 | 111 | 48.9 | 8.4 | 109 | 47.7 | 7.8 |
| Medicare | 101 | 51.7 | 9.3 | 95 | 47.5 | 10.0 | 96 | 47.0 | 9.3 | 90 | 48.6 | 8.6 | 99 | 48.8 | 8.8 | 101 | 48.6 | 8.7 |
| Medicaid | 33 | 59.6 | 10.6 | 28 | 54.1 | 9.1 | 32 | 40.8 | 9.1 | 30 | 54.0 | 10.1 | 29 | 52.3 | 9.8 | 30 | 54.1 | 9.0 |
| Other government | 42 | 52.5 | 8.9 | 40 | 48.4 | 8.9 | 39 | 47.5 | 8.8 | 36 | 51.3 | 8.5 | 38 | 50.1 | 10.2 | 40 | 49.0 | 9.7 |
| p<0.001 | p=0.029 | p<0.001 | p=0.053 | p=0.394 | p=0.009 | |||||||||||||
| Residence | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rural | 116 | 53.1 | 9.8 | 112 | 50.2 | 10.3 | 110 | 46.8 | 9.7 | 102 | 50.6 | 9.1 | 113 | 49.9 | 9.6 | 114 | 50.0 | 9.2 |
| Urban | 180 | 51.5 | 9.6 | 172 | 47.7 | 10.1 | 171 | 49.2 | 9.0 | 168 | 50.2 | 8.7 | 174 | 49.1 | 8.7 | 175 | 48.1 | 8.1 |
| p=0.167 | p=0.049 | p=0.035 | p=0.673 | p=0.459 | p=0.070 | |||||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 165 | 50.7 | 9.5 | 161 | 47.7 | 10.3 | 155 | 49.5 | 8.6 | 152 | 49.4 | 8.5 | 162 | 48.2 | 8.4 | 162 | 48.0 | 8.2 |
| Hispanic | 121 | 54.1 | 9.6 | 114 | 50.5 | 10.1 | 116 | 46.4 | 10.0 | 109 | 51.3 | 9.2 | 115 | 51.5 | 9.7 | 117 | 50.2 | 9.2 |
| Other | 10 | 50.6 | 10.4 | 9 | 44.0 | 9.21 | 10 | 51.1 | 8.1 | 9 | 55.0 | 8.2 | 10 | 46.1 | 6.5 | 10 | 47.7 | 7.9 |
| p=0.011 | p=0.031 | p=0.014 | p=0.056 | p=0.006 | p=0.095 | |||||||||||||
| Marital status | ||||||||||||||||||
| Married | 190 | 51.9 | 9.3 | 182 | 48.0 | 10.1 | 176 | 48.8 | 9.0 | 172 | 50.1 | 8.9 | 185 | 48.7 | 8.8 | 186 | 48.3 | 8.6 |
| Divorced, separated, widowed | 81 | 51.2 | 10.2 | 78 | 49.0 | 10.7 | 80 | 48.7 | 9.5 | 76 | 50.2 | 9.1 | 79 | 50.7 | 9.1 | 79 | 49.9 | 8.5 |
| Never married | 23 | 55.8 | 10.5 | 22 | 52.4 | 10.0 | 23 | 44.6 | 9.4 | 20 | 53.1 | 7.4 | 21 | 51.5 | 10.5 | 22 | 50.3 | 9.0 |
| p=0.135 | p=0.164 | p=0.117 | p=0.346 | p=0.164 | p=0.252 | |||||||||||||
| Comorbidities | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 56 | 48.6 | 8.3 | 53 | 44.4 | 8.6 | 54 | 25.7 | 5.0 | 49 | 48.3 | 8.1 | 55 | 47.5 | 8.8 | 56 | 45.9 | 7.6 |
| 1 | 76 | 49.2 | 8.4 | 72 | 45.6 | 9.9 | 73 | 26.3 | 5.9 | 69 | 48.3 | 8.4 | 71 | 47.6 | 7.9 | 74 | 47.6 | 7.8 |
| 2 | 59 | 52.2 | 8.7 | 58 | 47.9 | 8.6 | 56 | 28.9 | 6.0 | 54 | 50.3 | 8.1 | 59 | 48.0 | 7.9 | 57 | 47.4 | 8.0 |
| ≥3 | 104 | 56.0 | 10.3 | 100 | 53.6 | 10.2 | 97 | 31.7 | 7.9 | 97 | 52.7 | 9.3 | 101 | 52.7 | 9.7 | 101 | 52.7 | 9.7 |
| p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p=0.004 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | |||||||||||||
| First course of therapy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Surgery | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 278 | 52.1 | 9.6 | 269 | 48.8 | 10.2 | 264 | 28.6 | 7.1 | 253 | 50.5 | 8.9 | 270 | 49.5 | 9.1 | 272 | 49.0 | 8.7 |
| No | 13 | 49.8 | 9.6 | 12 | 44.5 | 11.1 | 12 | 28.1 | 5.3 | 13 | 47.7 | 6.7 | 13 | 48.8 | 9.0 | 13 | 46.7 | 7.7 |
| p=0.390 | p=0.159 | p=0.804 | p=0.279 | 0.793 | p=0.352 | |||||||||||||
| Chemotherapy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 127 | 51.8 | 9.4 | 122 | 48.1 | 10.2 | 122 | 29.2 | 7.2 | 111 | 50.6 | 8.9 | 124 | 49.3 | 8.9 | 124 | 48.6 | 8.6 |
| No | 159 | 52.3 | 9.9 | 155 | 48.9 | 10.1 | 149 | 28.1 | 6.9 | 150 | 50.0 | 8.6 | 154 | 49.6 | 9.1 | 156 | 49.1 | 8.5 |
| p=0.659 | p=0.470 | p=0.248 | p=0.591 | p=0.787 | p=0.594 | |||||||||||||
| Radiation | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 69 | 51.8 | 9.5 | 66 | 47.0 | 10.6 | 67 | 29.2 | 7.7 | 61 | 51.4 | 9.0 | 67 | 50.3 | 9.1 | 68 | 49.4 | 9.3 |
| No | 222 | 52.1 | 9.7 | 215 | 49.1 | 10.1 | 209 | 28.4 | 6.8 | 205 | 50.1 | 8.8 | 216 | 49.3 | 9.1 | 217 | 48.8 | 8.5 |
| p=0.800 | p=0.136 | p=0.458 | p=0.286 | p=0.416 | p=0.607 | |||||||||||||
Bold text represents statistical significance at the p<0.05 level