Comparing Health-Related Quality of Life of Cancer Patients under Chemotherapy and of Their Caregivers

Table 2

Caregivers’ sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, EQ-5D VAS, and Index Scores.

	𝑁(%)	VAS ± 1SD	EQ-5Dindex ± 1SD
Gender
Females	133 (62.7)	69.6±21.8	0.783±0.228
Males	79 (37.3)	75.9±14.9	0.895±0.141
𝑃*		0.023	<0.001
Age
Mean	48.9
Range	20–80
Marital status
Married	160 (75.5)	71.17±18.7	0.831±0.201
Unmarried	36 (17.0)	79.4±18.6	0.865±0.173
Divorced	8 (3.8)	70.7±19.2	0.750±0.256
Widowed	6 (2.8)	55.8±26.2	0.695±0.267
𝑃**		0.018	0.177
Education
Primary	30 (14.2)	66.3±19.5	0.872±0.166
Secondary	91 (42.9)	71.2±20.1	0.813±0.209
Technological educational  institution	33 (16.7)	73.3±16.6	0.851±0.169
University	44 (22.3)	80.1±11.9	0.827±0.209
𝑃**		0.009	0.493
Comorbidity
Hypertension
Yes	37 (17.5)	67.43±23.44	0.83±0.22
No	175 (82.5)	74.94±18.74	0.82±0.20
𝑃*		0.206	0.588
Coronary Heart disease
Yes	14 (6.6)	61.07±28.22	0.78±0.27
No	198 (93.4)	72.94±18.74	0.82±0.20
𝑃*		0.141	0.481
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	11 (5.2)	57.27±27.32	0.80±0.30
No	201 (94.8)	72.78±18.96	0.82±0.20
𝑃*		0.048	0.570
Relationship
Spouse	98 (46.2)	71.4±19.4	0.84±0.19
Parent	40 (18.9)	71.4±24.8	0.80±0.23
Offspring	47 (22.2)	76.5±15.3	0.85±0.16
Other	27 (12.7)	67.0±18.6	0.75±0.25
P**		0.183	0.367
Main caregiver
Yes	155 (73.1)	70.5±20.1	0.82±0.21
No	57 (26.9)	79.6±16.0	0.84±0.18
𝑃*		0.009	0.686
Living in the same house
Yes	155 (73.1)	70.6±20.6	0.82±0.20
No	57 (26.9)	75.6±16.6	0.82±0.21
𝑃*		0.113	0.800

*Mann-Whitney; **Kruskal Wallis.