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. 2022 Jul;23(7):2299–2307. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.7.2299

Table 4.

Comparison of Sociodemographic and Medical Data of Participants to Symptomatic Scales in QLQ-C30

Characteristics Fatigue Nausea & vomiting Pain Dyspnea Insomnia Appetite loss Constipation Diarrhea Financial
Age
≤ 50 25.501±23.2973 16.803±24.6470 24.304±27.6123 6.300±17.1450 34.215±38.5980 23.857±32.8659 18.450±25.3437 16.657±29.3154 46.376±39.7119
> 50 28.937±25.3988 12.271±24.5401 24.757±25.8765 9.201±18.5197 25.422±34.3557 20.163±32.2269 26.338±29.9176 8.325±18.9352 46.468±38.8972
p-value 0.391 0.261 0.918 0.321 0.142 0.488 0.084 0.04 0.988
Material status
single 32.326±26.2784 20.085±29.5165 27.924±34.4991 8.815±18.8887 38.215±39.4571 30.371±36.0954 23.609±30.0964 18.612±28.6323 55.859±39.1138
married 23.871±22.2134 12.275±22.3022 22.252±23.4022 7.364±17.3353 26.905±34.4555 19.217±30.3345 21.134±26.2757 10.570±23.3385 41.965±38.2940
divorced 48.100±23.9787 27.750±32.7403 38.867±22.7580 .000±.0000 33.333±51.6398 22.217±40.3668 16.650±27.8608 22.200±34.3921 49.983±45.9444
widowed 35.167±36.7939 8.333±20.4124 30.533±32.3408 16.650±27.8608 27.767±44.2936 22.217±40.3668 44.417±40.3558 .000±.0000 66.650±42.1690
P-value 0.035 0.194 0.343 0.428 0.476 0.392 0.236 0.164 0.174
Having children
Yes 25.028±23.7278 13.021±23.3739 23.341±24.0967 7.469±17.8966 28.332±35.9820 19.924±30.9929 23.654±28.2053 8.717±21.6298 57.344±40.0571
No 32.660±25.3083 18.202±27.4063 27.500±32.2954 8.519±17.9370 33.314±38.4763 27.114±35.8078 19.442±27.3773 21.688±29.8710 42.034±38.1180
P-value 0.083 0.245 0.389 0.746 0.453 0.221 0.406 0.004 0.03
Working
Yes 25.902±24.6005 16.656±23.5611 24.796±28.5636 6.660±16.8007 37.016±37.7428 25.909±35.4379 19.318±28.7958 19.249±32.1588 43.682±39.4477
No 27.806±24.3472 13.586±25.1073 24.421±25.9404 8.246±18.3446 26.650±35.9106 20.3043±31.1649 23.788±27.6024 9.515±20.5080 47.597±39.1798
P-value 0.663 0.486 0.937 0.62 0.113 0.335 0.371 0.028 0.577
Health problems
Yes 32.511±24.9067 14.833±25.8998 33.048±26.9644 9.886±19.3896 34.359±40.2583 26.023±34.3419 31.223±30.7690 13.011±25.6111 47.375±40.6263
No 23.363±23.3375 14.264±23.7659 18.197±24.7304 6.195±16.5609 26.337±33.5561 18.980±30.8957 15.915±23.7902 12.007±24.4632 45.714±38.2739
P-value 0.023 0.889 0.001 0.212 0.186 0.190 0.001 0.808 0.798
Mensural cycle Mensural cycle
present 27.133±22.9140 24.044±19.9775 29.606±25.2865 9.250±19.1313 38.872±41.6106 24.050±25.0384 18.500±28.4910 24.056±31.9247 46.278±39.8343
Discontinued 27.244±24.6316 13.206±24.9635 23.842±26.8569 7.568±17.7408 28.517±35.9224 21.704±33.4427 22.985±27.9357 10.851±23.4668 46.442±39.2314
P-value 0.986 0.080 0.391 0.709 0.262 0.775 0.525 0.034 0.987
Cancer surgery
Mastectomy 26.749±24.6600 12.881±22.9079 23.247±24.8383 7.540±17.9667 30.173±38.0714 19.483±30.4546 22.935±27.7191 12.570±25.7877 46.204±38.9135
Lumpectomy 24.392±20.9490 16.950±28.4375 23.226±28.8698 8.763±18.4584 31.555±34.5941 26.300±35.6342 19.366±23.9617 13.147±23.9221 43.837±38.0433
No operation 53.650±27.5644 27.750±27.2016 55.533±29.1954 5.550±13.5947 11.100±17.1960 38.867±44.2886 33.333±51.6398 5.550±13.5947 66.667±51.6398
P-value 0.021 0.278 0.014 0.894 0.439 0.234 0.498 0.784 0.415
Types of treatments
Radiation 20.931±19.4323 6.223±19.2506 15.243±20.3518 4.814±13.8891 29.298±35.4437 12.843±27.9397 20.502±25.8895 7.623±17.5016 42.147±38.6292
P-value 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.050 0.736 0.000 0.284 0.005 0.332
Chemotherapy 27.637±24.5526 15.007±24.8877 24.805±26.7892 8.038±18.1018 30.327±36.8209 22.743±32.7826 22.991±28.1581 12.864±25.1977 47.564±39.2287
P-value 0.276 0.181 0.504 0.324 0.309 0.124 0.200 0.257 0.054
Herceptin 24.528±24.6639 6.972±20.6423 20.523±28.1208 9.293±19.6678 28.660±35.3018 11.621±27.0917 23.314±30.3850 5.421±12.4390 45.716±41.1559
P-value 0.390 0.017 0.244 0.510 0.817 0.013 0.811 0.028 0.889
Hormonal therapy 24.359±24.3260 9.013±20.9742 21.160±26.8874 5.485±15.2834 30.960±35.9109 17.639±32.7595 26.681±28.0208 8.228±20.4980 45.860±38.4769
P-value 0.097 0.002 0.076 0.073 0.648 0.061 0.033 0.017 0.841