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. 2020 Apr 17;35:125. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.125.18245

Table 4.

Quality of life with cancer stages and treatment modalities (n=120)

PWB Mean (P-value) SWB Mean (P-value) EWB Mean (P-value) FWB Mean (P-value) OQoL Mean (P-value)
Stages (n)
Stage I (3) 16.0 (0.770) 17.0 (0.816) 18.0 (0.925) 14.0 (0.897) 65.0 (0.858)
Stage II (41) 16.9 (0.440) 17.6 (0.318) 15.7 (0.197) 17.3 (0.021) 67.5 (0.400)
Stage III (53) 11.6 (0.512) 14.4 (0.121) 12.4 (0.888) 11.6 (0.518) 49.5 (0.310)
Stage IV (23) 8.1 (0.249) 12.0 (0.050) 7.5 (0.204) 10.0 (0.761) 38.7 (0.554)
Treatment Modalities (n)
Radiotherapy only (14) 12.9 (0.569) 14.1 (0.233) 13.3 (0.201) 13.4 (0.188) 53.5 (23.6)
Radiotherapy & Chemotherapy (84) 13.4 (0.800) 15.5 (0.176) 13.2 (0.409) 13.7 (0.602) 55.5 (0.485)
Surgery + Radiotherapy (3) 12.0 (1.000) 18.0 (0.816) 5.0 (0.000) 12.0 (0.897) 47.0 (0.994)
Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy & Surgery (19) 9.3 (0.601) 12.8 (0.575) 9.8 (0.851) 11.0 (0.754) 44.8 (0.220)

A strong evidence of association was indicated between participants who underwent surgery and radiotherapy and emotional well-being (p= 0.000).