Table 4.
Socio-demographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Quality of Life among Head and Neck Cancer Patients at Radiation Oncology (N=192)
| Characteristics | FACT-G | FACT-HandN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | p-value | Mean (SD) | p-value | |
| Age | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||
| <44 | 55.3 (12.5) | 72.7 (15.3) | ||
| 45-59 | 52.9 (11.5) | 69.8 (13.5) | ||
| >60 | 51.6 (13.7) | 69.2 (16.2) | ||
| Gender | 0.26 | 0.03 | ||
| Male | 67.7 (8.4) | 85.8 (11.9) | ||
| Female | 66.3 (8.4) | 81.9 (11.3) | ||
| Marital status | 0.57 | |||
| Married | 67.3 (8.4) | 0.59 | 84.6 (11.9) | |
| Widow | 65.2 (7.8) | 80.6 (10.1) | ||
| Widower | 68.2 (8.8) | 86.8 (11.8) | ||
| Single | 70.8 (8.8) | 87.2 (12.5) | ||
| Residence | 0.75 | 0.67 | ||
| Rural | 67.2 (8.9) | 84.3 (12.1) | ||
| Urban | 67.5 (7.1) | 85.1 (11.3) | ||
| Type of family | 0.27 | 0.18 | ||
| Nuclear | 68.2 (7.6) | 83.7 (12.2) | ||
| Joint | 66.8 (8.8) | 86.0 (11.0) | ||
| Education | 0.2 | 0.08 | ||
| No Formal Education | 67.1 (9.0) | 83.8 (12.1) | ||
| Primary | 67.3 (7.2) | 84.2 (9.9) | ||
| Middle school | 66.6 (7.5) | 84.3 (11.7) | ||
| High school | 66.5 (6.7) | 84.3 (10.4) | ||
| Higher secondary | 74.8 (15.5) | 96.9 (20.4) | ||
| Occupation | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||
| Unemployed | 66.5 (7.4) | 83.5 (10.6) | ||
| Employed | 70.8 (10.8) | 89.8 (13.9) | ||
| Home maker | 66.8 (9.7) | 81.9 (14.4) | ||
| Head of family | 0.05 | 0.01 | ||
| Self | 68.0 (8.79) | 85.8 (12.3) | ||
| Others | 65.6 (7.4) | 81.5 (10.3) | ||
| Socio economic status | 0.2 | 0.7 | ||
| I | 63.3 (4.0) | 82.3 (12.5) | ||
| II | 72.2 (13.3) | 88.5 (17.7) | ||
| III | 66.7 (7.9) | 84.2 (12.2) | ||
| IV | 66.7 (7.0) | 84.4 (10.3) | ||
| V | 67.4 (9.1) | 83.9 (12.1) | ||
| Site of Cancer | 0.05 | 0.04 | ||
| Oral and Oropharynx | 52.4 (12.4) | 69.7 (14.9) | ||
| Larynx and Hypopharynx | 51.5 (13.1) | 67.8 (13.9) | ||
| Others* | 61.2 (10.3) | 79.9 (13.1) | ||
| Stages of cancer | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stage I +II | 58.1 (15.0) | 76.9 (16.8) | ||
| Stage III | 57.7 (7.1) | 75.7 (12.6) | ||
| Stage IV† | 40.2 (8.7) | 66.6 (13.8) | ||
*Others include Nasal, Nasopharynx, Parotid, and Thyroid; †Stage IV include IVA, IV B and IV C; Test used for estimation of association are Independent t test and one-way ANOVA with post hoc test (Tukey).