Table 3.
Comparison between patients with glioma 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 | 4 (33.3%) | 8 (66.7%) | |
| No | 5 (29.4%) | 12 (70.6%) | |
| Postoperative treatments | 0.310 | ||
| Yes | 8 (28.6%) | 20 (71.4%) | |
| No | 1 (100%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| KPS at T0 | 93.3 ± 5.0 | 91.0 ± 6.4 | 0.366 |
| KPS at T1 | 92.5 ± 5.0 | 89.4 ± 9.4 | 0.588 |
| PROMs | |||
| HADS (Emotional distress) at T0 | 9.6 ± 7.0 | 12.8 ± 8.4 | 0.430 |
| HADS (Emotional distress) at T1 | 7.2 ± 5.8 | 13.6 ± 10.7 | 0.109 |
| WHODAS-12 (disability) at T0 | 7.6 ± 6.0 | 18.2 ± 17.4 | 0.076 |
| WHODAS-12 (disability) at T1 | 7.4 ± 8.4 | 27.3 ± 18.2 | 0.002 |
| Cognitive tests | |||
| TMT–A at T0 | 36.2 ± 16.5 | 44.3 ± 34.2 | 0.906 |
| TMT–A at T1 | 35.2 ± 16.7 | 42.3 ± 15.9 | 0.711 |
| TMT–B at T0 | 107.3 ± 45.0 | 112.7 ± 71.6 | 0.623 |
| TMT–B at T1 | 113.2 ± 65.9 | 147.4 ± 87.9 | 0.517 |
| ROWL-IR at T0 | 38.7 ± 9.2 | 40.9 ± 10.2 | 0.426 |
| ROWL-DR at T0 | 8.2 ± 3.6 | 8.1 ± 3.5 | 0.811 |
| ROWL-IR at T1 | 41.7 ± 5.3 | 34.3 ± 14.1 | 0.365 |
| ROWL-DR at T1 | 9.8 ± 0.7 | 6.7 ± 5.0 | 0.497 |
| F-A-S test at T0 | 30.3 ± 11.5 | 38.2 ± 16.8 | 0.150 |
| F-A-S test at T1 | 28.4 ± 9.3 | 32.7 ± 15.8 | 0.458 |
| MOCA test at T0 | 23.5 ± 4.0 | 22.0 ± 4.5 | 0.450 |
| MOCA test at T1 | 23.8 ± 2.7 | 21.0 ± 4.5 | 0.358 |
| MOCA test: language domain at T0 | 4.876 ± 1.183 | 4.798 ± 0.992 | 0.855 |
| MOCA test: language domain at T1 | 4.580 ± 1.311 | 4.571 ± 1.151 | 0.630 |
| Work-related variables | |||
| Socio-professional categories | 0.546 | ||
| Blue collar (manual labor) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (100%) | |
| White collar (professional jobs) | 6 (28.6%) | 15 (71.4%) | |
| Working time | 1.000 | ||
| Full time | 5 (25.0%) | 15 (75.0%) | |
| Part time | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | |
| Home-to-work travel time (minutes) | 12.1 ± 14.7 | 20.8 ± 14.8 | 0.048 |
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.