Double Jeopardy? Age, Race, and HRQOL in Older Adults with Cancer

Table 2

Unadjusted mean scores and standard deviations for psychosocial/HRQOL scales.

	Total	Breast	Prostate	Colorectal	Gynecologic
Optimism^*	16.2 (3.8)	16.2 (3.7)	16.3 (3.7)	15.9 (3.8)	16.2 (3.8)
Social support^†	80.4 (17.7)	79.1 (17.8)	82.6 (17.7)	80.5 (17.9)	78.8 (17.7)
Physical function^‡	42.5 (11.4)	41.2 (11.4)	44.5 (11.2)	42.4 (11.6)	41.1 (11.4)
Mental function^‡	52.1 (9.0)	51.4 (9.3)	52.8 (8.9)	51.9 (9.0)	52.1 (8.9)

^*Scored on a 0–24 scale (higher scores reflect higher optimism).
^†Scored on a 0–100 scale (higher scores reflect more social support).
^‡Constructed on the basis of the 1999 US population norms with a mean value of 50 that represented the US population norms and a standard deviation of 10. Higher scores reflect better function.