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. 2022 Dec 29;4(1):221–225. doi: 10.1002/jha2.640

TABLE 2.

Median responses of 18 quality of life (QoL) questions

QoL questions
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
n EuroQoL‐5D‐5L HADS EORTC QLQ C30 BIPQ
Entire group
Age (years)
≤65 60 73 1 1 2 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 4 8 6.5 3 6
>65 95 79.5 1 1 2 4 4 5 6 2 2 2 2 1 4 8 6 3 5
p‐Value 0.01
Gender
Male 87 80 1 1 2 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 5 8 6 3 6
Female 68 73.5 1 1 2 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 4 8 6 3 5
p‐Value 0.01
WM‐associated disorder
Yes 8 71 1 1 2 6.5 3.5 5 6 2 2 2 2 2 6 8 7.5 5 7
 No 147 75 1 1 2 4.5 4 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 4 8 6 3 5
Clinical details
Years since diagnosis
≤5 years 23 73 1 2 2 6 5 5 6 2 2 2 2 2 4 8 7 3 6
>5 years 42 74 1 1 2 4 3 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 5 8 6 4 6
Present treatment status
On treatment 17 76 1 1 1 5.5 2 6 6 2 2 1 2 1 6 8 6 4 5
Off treatment 35 73 1 2 2 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 4 8 6 4 7
p‐Value 0.02 0.01
Current treatment
BTKi 13 77.5 1 1 1 4.5 1 6 6 2 2 1 2 1 6 8 6 3 3
Chemotherapy 4 53.5 1 2 1 6 5 5.5 5 2.5 2 1.5 1 2 2 9 9 6 6.5
p‐Value 0.03

Abbreviations: BTKi, Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor; WM, Waldenström macroglobulinaemia.