Table 2.
Repeated measures analysis of covariance tests of between-subjects effects for rural vs. urban HNC patients on primary and secondary outcome variables
| Baseline | 6-month follow-up | 12-month follow-up | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | F | df 1, df2 | P | |
| BDI, M (SD) | |||||||||
| Total | 7.11 (5.17) | 8.14 (7.79) | 7.10 (6.16) | 9.51 (8.66) | 6.43 (6.58) | 8.16 (8.24) | 2.30 | 1, 232 | .131 |
| Non-somatic | 2.77 (3.05) | 3.72 (5.19) | 2.65 (3.42) | 4.40 (5.89) | 2.62 (4.21) | 3.88 (5.11) | 4.07 | 1, 232 | .045* |
| SF-36, M (SD) | |||||||||
| Mental | 48.38 (10.50) | 45.94 (11.97) | 49.75 (9.68) | 46.34 (11.98) | 52.61 (8.57) | 49.19 (10.97) | 3.94 | 1, 189 | .048+ |
| Physical | 50.10 (9.72) | 48.52 (9.90) | 47.41 (9.74) | 46.39 (9.01) | 48.13 (10.97) | 47.30 (10.46) | .24 | 1, 189 | .624 |
| HNCI, M (SD) | |||||||||
| Speech | 82.08 (20.06) | 75.69 (21.12) | 75.59 (19.68) | 69.43 (22.46) | 77.69 (21.15) | 74.89 (21.76) | 2.57 | 1, 194 | .110 |
| Aesthetics | 93.80 (14.18) | 89.36 (19.65) | 80.34 (27.04) | 73.40 (30.36) | 83.87 (24.40) | 72.27 (29.61) | 4.78 | 1, 204 | .030 |
| Social Disruption | 88.10 (15.75) | 83.93 (17.57) | 81.54 (20.17) | 80.35 (21.66) | 86.34 (19.34) | 83.63 (19.70) | .46 | 1, 208 | .497 |
| Eating | 78.20 (20.99) | 76.07 (23.25) | 60.59 (27.60) | 50.10 (26.16) | 67.08 (26.38) | 57.78 (26.12) | 4.98 | 1, 192 | .027*+ |
Note: BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; SF-36 = Medical Outcome Survey Short Form 36; HNCI = Head and Neck Cancer Inventory
*
groups significantly differed at 6-month follow-up post hoc comparison;
+
groups significantly differed at 12-month follow-up post hoc comparison
Models controlled for age, sex, cancer site, cancer stage, and tobacco use