Table 3.
Comparison of Sociodemographic and Medical Data of Participants to Global Health and Functional Scales in QLQ-C30
| Variables | Global health Mean (SD) |
Physical functioning Mean (SD) |
Role functioning Mean (SD) |
Emotional functioning Mean (SD) |
Cognitive functioning Mean (SD) |
Social functioning Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||||
| ≤ 50 (74) | 54.701±17.7729 | 77.989±20.5264 | 76.551±26.0283 | 57.4531±37.22516 | 63.496±33.1868 | 53.126±39.1810 |
| > 50 (76) | 51.392±18.1210 | 74.100±20.6551 | 67.517±33.5510 | 51.9491±34.42006 | 48.514±35.6557 | 59.112±37.0916 |
| p-value | 0.261 | 0.249 | 0.068 | 0.348 | 0.009 | 0.338 |
| Material status | ||||||
| Single (34) | 49.968± 19.2389 | 72.718± 22.9334 | 65.165± 34.1826 | 46.3088± 34.58903 | 49.000± 33.3224 | 54.379± 36.3129 |
| Married (104) | 54.377± 16.8221 | 78.181± 19.2305 | 74.975± 28.4560 | 57.9362± 35.54613 | 59.970± 35.8121 | 57.453± 38.1044 |
| Divorced (6) | 41.633±17.4865 | 64.400±22.9796 | 63.867±40.0241 | 45.8167±40.39665 | 36.067±28.6964 | 47.200±42.7231 |
| Widowed (6) | 58.300± 27.3983 | 68.867± 25.5407 | 66.650± 27.8966 | 54.1500± 43.37307 | 44.417± 31.0257 | 52.767± 52.0954 |
| p-value | 0.213 | 0.2 | 0.344 | 0.382 | 0.154 | 0.905 |
| Having children | ||||||
| Yes (107) | 54.333± 17.6331 | 76.547± 20.3270 | 74.431± 29.1777 | 57.2464± 35.93758 | 56.730± 35.7733 | 58.335± 38.0810 |
| No (43) | 49.770± 18.5810 | 74.705± 21.5031 | 65.860± 32.5304 | 48.2395± 35.10532 | 53.853± 33.8974 | 50.744± 38.1440 |
| P-value | 0.16 | 0.622 | 0.118 | 0.164 | 0.652 | 0.272 |
| Working | ||||||
| Yes (45) | 57.749± 19.6556 | 79.822± 20.9653 | 77.007± 25.7160 | 44.8029± 38.32193 | 56.653± 37.3390 | 47.744± 36.3447 |
| No (105) | 51.000± 16.8886 | 74.389± 20.3461 | 69.817± 31.9577 | 58.8908± 34.00786 | 55.585± 34.3600 | 59.765± 38.4709 |
| P-value | 0.035 | 0.14 | 0.184 | 0.027 | 0.865 | 0.077 |
| Health problems | ||||||
| Yes (65) | 50.753±19.7986 | 68.617±19.5785 | 62.470±32.2643 | 50.7572±37.19628 | 37.306±32.8530 | 61.692±37.5360 |
| No (85) | 54.715±16.3874 | 81.527±19.7210 | 79.047±26.8496 | 57.5721±34.68849 | 69.747±30.2056 | 52.041±38.2578 |
| P-value | 0.183 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.250 | 0.000 | 0.126 |
| Menstrual cycle | ||||||
| Present (18) | 56.461±19.0780 | 70.706±19.1536 | 77.744±20.6322 | 47.2128±42.69010 | 55.544±36.1578 | 48.128±43.1165 |
| Discontinued (132) | 52.556±17.8348 | 76.743±20.7692 | 71.187±31.3832 | 55.6805±34.84218 | 55.955±35.1590 | 57.254±37.4442 |
| P-value | 0.389 | 0.245 | 0.391 | 0.348 | 0.963 | 0.342 |
| Cancer surgery | ||||||
| Mastectomy (106) | 53.979±18.5510 | 74.500±20.4499 | 72.617±30.8003 | 58.0770±36.50352 | 51.237±35.6899 | 59.042±38.3833 |
| Lumpectomy (38) | 50.405±17.1011 | 81.208±20.4385 | 74.534±27.0686 | 49.8316±32.50901 | 68.984±30.3196 | 49.089±35.5137 |
| No operation (6) | 52.750±12.5271 | 69.983±22.2201 | 44.400±32.7606 | 24.9833±30.73906 | 55.550±38.9720 | 49.983±49.4458 |
| P-value | 0.578 | 0.175 | 0.070 | 0.055 | 0.027 | 0.358 |
| Types of treatment | ||||||
| Radiation (83) | 56.690±18.4674 | 82.625±19.3988 | 81.304±26.3506 | 59.2160±33.86460 | 59.889±35.1405 | 57.400±37.3886 |
| P-value | 0.017 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.130 | 0.188 | 0.899 |
| Chemotherapy (145) | 52.786±18.1655 | 75.606±20.4817 | 71.468±30.5607 | 54.0790±35.73397 | 54.960±35.1636 | 55.452±38.2058 |
| P-value | 0.382 | 0.188 | 0.273 | 0.283 | 0.076 | 0.223 |
| Herceptin (43) | 55.784±18.1400 | 81.837±16.2915 | 78.656±24.7684 | 59.6651±34.69364 | 63.293±33.0740 | 55.016±39.6003 |
| P-value | 0.234 | 0.028 | 0.087 | 0.280 | 0.103 | 0.817 |
| Hormonal therapy(85) | 54.965±18.2342 | 79.112±21.6532 | 75.272±29.1753 | 57.3309±34.91894 | 52.594±37.8751 | 58.602±39.5654 |
| P-value | 0.131 | 0.035 | 0.128 | 0.299 | 0.188 | 0.371 |