Table 3.

Mean differences in the global health scale, functioning scales based on gender, stage of medical process and type of treatment.

	Global health		Physical functioning		Role functioning		Emotional functioning		Cognitive functioning		Social functioning
	M (DT)	t	M (DT)	t	M (DT)	t	M (DT)	t	M (DT)	t	M (DT)	t
Gender
Male	69.19 (21.90)	0.102	87.07 (13.53)	0.027*	81.82 (26.47)	0.160	74.24 (25.97)	0.144	88.89 (17.51)	0.000*	75.76 (30.64)	0.340
Female	62.08 (21.71)		80.31 (19.21)		73.85 (28.90)		67.13 (23.92)		72.17 (26.06)		70.18 (28.87)
Stage
Follow-up	66.20 (20.16)	0.180	86.48 (15.03)	0.002*	80.99 (24.93)	0.026*	67.14 (25.43)	0.426	71.83 (26.37)	0.046*	74.41 (27.58)	0.234
Undergoing treatment	61.27 (23.36)		77.28 (20.02)		70.42 (30.89)		70.42 (23.60)		80.28 (23.62)		68.54 (30.80)
Surgical treatment
No	60.00 (21.11)	0.338	81.07 (21.23)	0.837	72.67 (34.32)	0.581	77.33 (17.76)	0.052	90.00 (17.35)	0.000*	80.00 (25.00)	0.101
Yes	64.66 (22.11)		81.90 (17.62)		76.15 (27.21)		66.81 (25.47)		72.84 (25.78)		69.40 (29.89)
Radiotherapy
No	64.55 (21.74)	0.727	81.80 (18.25)	0.977	73.28 (39.90)	0.401	74.07 (21.64)	0.018*	81.48 (22.22)	0.018*	71.16 (28.90)	0.967
Yes	63.25 (22.21)		81.71 (18.34)		77.35 (26.45)		64.32 (26.00)		71.37 (26.85)		71.37 (29.78)
Chemotherapy
No	64.05 (21.21)	0.907	82.29 (17.98)	0.730	79.76 (24.56)	0.080	66.43 (24.57)	0.282	73.10 (25.11)	0.195	72.14 (28.76)	0.729
Yes	63.62 (22.77)		81.22 (18.60)		71.36 (31.52)		70.89 (24.51)		78.64 (25.38)		70.42 (29.97)
Hormonotherapy
No	66.28 (20.89)	0.014*	83.67 (17.88)	0.020*	77.52 (29.43)	0.126	70.80 (24.52)	0.058	78.13 (24.92)	0.051	72.63 (29.97)	0.313
Yes	55.47 (23.63)		75.21 (18.18)		68.75 (24.23)		61.46 (23.64)		68.23 (25.53)		66.67 (26.77)

^*p ≤ 0.05.