Table 5.

Assessment of women’s quality of life—categories related to QLQ-C30 and the time of the first doctor’s visit after discovering disease symptoms.

QLQ-C30	p	The Time of the First Doctor’s Visit after Discovering Disease Symptoms
		within 1 Week n = 134			above 1 Week up 4 Weeks n = 99			above 4 Weeks n = 91
		M	Me	SD	M	Me	SD	M	Me	SD
Health status and quality of life	0.002	57.58 a	58.33	20.19	54.21	50.00	19.02	47.80 b	50.00	18.42
Functional Scales 1
Physical functioning	0.005	78.36 a	80.00	16.68	73.67	80.00	18.10	70.99 b	73.33	19.20
Performing social roles	0.019 *	77.24	83.33	23.62	71.55	66.67	21.20	71.43	66.67	23.21
Emotional functioning	0.004	63.43 a	66.67	24.05	61.70	66.67	24.42	52.23 b	66.67	25.61
Cognitive functioning	0.000	75.37 a	83.33	24.67	70.70	66.67	23.94	62.45 b	66.67	26.71
Social functioning	0.484	72.89	66.67	25.25	68.69	66.67	30.70	66.67	66.67	30.93
The scale of the symptoms 2
Fatigue	0.008	34.41 a	33.33	20.66	37.49	33.33	20.55	42.12 b	33.33	17.88
Nausea/vomiting	0.000	23.38 a	0.00	31.00	34.17	16.67	37.37	47.80 b	33.33	40.99
Pain	0.002	20.02 a	16.67	19.58	25.59	16.67	20.94	29.12 b	33.33	20.87
Shortness of breath	0.0005	12.44 a	0.00	20.71	20.54	0.00	26.81	23.90 b	33.33	24.99
Insomnia	0.0001	32.34 a	33.33	29.17	43.10 b,c	33.33	27.04	45.79 c	33.33	24.16
Lack of appetite	0.0000	27.36 a,b	33.33	30.27	33.67 b	33.33	31.76	51.28 c	33.33	33.81
Constipation	0.509	13.93	0.00	23.23	14.48	0.00	24.36	15.75	0.00	21.28
Diarrhoea	0.185	8.96	0.00	18.36	11.11	0.00	16.50	12.82	0.00	20.35
Financial problems	0.003	31.09 a,b	33.33	28.96	34.34 b	33.33	33.82	46.16 c	33.33	33.92

M—arithmetic mean, Me—median, SD—standard deviation * no statistically significant differences were found in the post hock analysis. ¹ higher value means a better level of functioning and quality of life (min. 0, max. 100). ² higher value means greater severity of symptoms (min. 0, max. 100). ^{a, b, c}—mean values in different letters differ statistically significantly at p < 0.05.