Table 2.
Comparison between patients with meningioma who returned to work and those who did not (number and percentage for categorical variables and mean ± standard deviation for quantitative).
| Clinical variables | Return to work | Non return to work | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complications | 1.000 | ||
| Yes | 7 (58.3%) | 5 (41.7%) | |
| No | 12 (63.2%) | 7 (36.8%) | |
| Postoperative treatments | 0.002 | ||
| Yes | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | |
| No | 18 (78.3%) | 5 (21.7%) | |
| KPS at T0 | 93.2 ± 10.0 | 91.7 ± 7.2 | 0.331 |
| KPS at T1 | 97.2 ± 5.8 | 89.2 ± 13.8 | 0.018 |
| PROMs | |||
| HADS (Emotional distress) at T0 | 12.8 ± 8.0 | 14.1 ± 7.8 | 0.702 |
| HADS (Emotional distress) at T1 | 10.2 ± 7.7 | 10.5 ± 7.6 | 0.865 |
| WHODAS-12 (disability) at T0 | 19.0 ± 16.9 | 20.6 ± 17.7 | 0.822 |
| WHODAS-12 (disability) at T1 | 12.6 ± 12.5 | 29.0 ± 21.9 | 0.019 |
| Cognitive tests | |||
| TMT–A at T0 | 27.7 ± 8.8 | 42.3 ± 13.6 | 0.013 |
| TMT–A at T1 | 25.0 ± 6.5 | 42.5 ± 11.7 | 0.011 |
| TMT–B at T0 | 82.5 ± 30.9 | 126.9 ± 35.6 | 0.007 |
| TMT–B at T1 | 63.9 ± 21.7 | 108.5 ± 27.6 | 0.012 |
| ROWL-IR at T0 | 40.5 ± 12.7 | 45.7 ± 6.8 | 0.351 |
| ROWL-DR at T0 | 7.6 ± 4.0 | 8.6 ± 2.6 | 0.705 |
| ROWL-IR at T1 | 37.4 ± 9.4 | 51.3 ± 6.7 | 0.021 |
| ROWL-DR at T1 | 6.6 ± 2.9 | 9.9 ± 2.7 | 0.057 |
| F-A-S test at T0 | 35.5 ± 11.0 | 33.9 ± 11.0 | 0.683 |
| F-A-S test at T1 | 41.6 ± 8.9 | 37.3 ± 8.6 | 0.394 |
| MOCA test at T0 | 23.1 ± 1.9 | 23.6 ± 1.6 | 0.435 |
| MOCA test at T1 | 25.5 ± 1.7 | 23.6 ± 1.2 | 0.017 |
| MOCA test: language domain at T0 | 5.065 ± 0.774 | 5.176 ± 0.466 | 0.859 |
| MOCA test: language domain at T1 | 5.489 ± 0.386 | 4.862 ± 0.539 | 0.007 |
| Work-related variables | |||
| Socio-professional categories | 1.000 | ||
| Blue collar (manual labor) | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (33.3%) | |
| White collar (professional jobs) | 16 (61.5) | 10 (38.5%) | |
| Working time | 0.677 | ||
| Full time | 13 (68.4%) | 6 (31.6%) | |
| Part time | 5 (55.6%) | 4 (44.4%) | |
| Home-to-work travel time (minutes) | 14.6 ± 12.3 | 33 ± 25.6 | 0.017 |
HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; WHODAS-12, 12 item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule; TMT, Trail Making Test; ROWL-IR, 15-word Rey–Osterrieth Word List immediate recall; ROWL-DR, 15-word Rey–Osterrieth Word List delayed recall; MOCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment test; KPS, Karnofsky Performance Status.