Table 6.

Assessment of women’s quality of life—categories related to QLQ-BR23 and the time of the first doctor’s visit after discovering disease symptoms.

QLQ-BR23	p	The Time of the First Doctor’s Visit after Discovering Disease Symptoms
		within 1 Week n = 134			above 1 Week up to 4 Weeks n = 99			above 4 Weeks n = 91
		M	Me	SD	M	Me	SD	M	Me	SD
Functional Scales 1
An image of your own body	0.369	61.94	66.66	29.55	59.00	66.67	33.60	63.83	75.00	36.92
Sexual function	0.407	19.03	0.00	26.19	18.18	16.67	21.57	14.47	0.00	21.40
Sexual satisfaction	0.304	50.00	50.00	31.23	40.40	33.33	21.66	47.83	33.33	31.50
The prospect of the future	0.183	33.83	33.33	33.70	31.31	33.33	33.61	26.73	0.00	34.25
The scale of the symptoms 2
Side effects of systemic treatment	0.007	28.50 a	23.81	20.48	30.30	28.57	21.40	36.94 b	33.33	21.94
Ailments related to the arm	0.552	25.54	22.22	20.53	27.72	22.22	21.14	29.18	33.33	14.21
Ailments related to the breast	0.048 *	23.07	16.67	20.05	23.06	16.67	18.93	27.29	25.00	16.85
Hair loss	0.126	69.70	83.33	34.50	74.69	100	33.61	61.29	66.67	37.79

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} mean values in different letters differ statistically significantly at p < 0.05.