Table 8.

Assessment of women’s quality of life—categories related to QLQ-BR23 and the time from diagnosis confirmation to treatment.

QLQ-BR23	p	Time from Confirmation of the Diagnosis to Treatment
		up to 2 Weeks n = 146			above 2 Weeks up to 2 Months n = 149			above 2 Months n = 29
		M	Me	SD	M	Me	SD	M	Me	SD
		Functional Scales 1
An image of your own body	0.555	67.72	66.67	31.83	61.91	66.67	33.14	54.02	50.00	37.51
Sexual function	0.738	15.56	0.00	23.20	18.34	0.00	23.23	17.82	0.00	27.43
Sexual satisfaction	0.032	43.48 a	33.33	27.10	45.33	33.33	28.38	77.77 b	83.33	27.22
The prospect of the future	0.428	29.45	33.33	33.11	33.33	33.33	34.44	26.44	0.00	34.94
The scale of the symptoms 2
Side effects of systemic treatment	0.225	31.60	28.57	20.59	29.75	28.57	20.56	39.08	38.09	26.52
Ailments related to the arm	0.002	24.05 a	22.22	19.62	29.60 b	33.33	16.97	31.03	22.22	25.09
Ailments related to the breast	0.024 *	21.92	16.67	18.28	25.11	25.00	18.76	31.61	33.33	20.94
Hair loss	0.086	72.94	100	36.19	66.24	66.67	35.02	56.14	33.33	35.23

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.