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

Table 4

Intragender differences in patients’ and caregivers’ EQ-5D dimensions.

	Patients		Caregivers
	Males	Females	Males	Females
	𝑁(%)	𝑁(%)	𝑁(%)	𝑁(%)
Mobility
No difficulties	63 (67.7)	74 (62.2)	78 (98.7)	123 (92.5)
Some difficulties	29 (31.2)	39 (32.8)	1 (1.3)	10 (7.5)
Extreme difficulties	1 (1.1)	6 (5.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	𝜒^2=2.78; df=2; 𝑃=NS		𝜒^2=3.98; df=2; 𝑃=0.046
Self-care
No difficulties	77 (82.8)	94 (79.0)	79 (100)	131 (98.5)
Some difficulties	12 (12.9)	22 (16.5)	0 (0)	2 (1.5)
Extreme difficulties	4 (4.3)	3 (2.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	𝜒^2=1.61; df=2; 𝑃=NS		𝜒^2=1.21; df=1; 𝑃=NS
Usual activities
No difficulties	47 (50.5)	58 (48.7)	76 (96.2)	120 (90.2)
Some difficulties	41 (44.1)	48 (40.3)	3 (3.8)	13 (9.8)
Extreme difficulties	5 (5.4)	13 (10.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	𝜒^2=2; df=2; 𝑃=NS		𝜒^2=2.58; df=1; 𝑃=NS
Pain/discomfort
No difficulties	45 (48.4)	54 (45.8)	75 (94.9)	98 (73.7)
Some difficulties	35 (37.6)	53 (44.5)	4 (5.1)	34 (25.6)
Extreme difficulties	13 (14.0)	12 (10.1)	0 (0)	1 (0.8)
	𝜒^2=1.37; df=2; 𝑃=NS		𝜒^2=14.96; df=2; 𝑃=0.001
Anxiety/depression
No difficulties	34 (36.6)	21 (17.6)	20 (25.3)	22 (16.5)
Some difficulties	53 (57.0)	69 (58.0)	51 (64.6)	76 (57.1)
Extreme difficulties	6 (6.5)	29 (24.4)	8 (10.1)	35 (26.3)
	𝜒^2=17.4; df=2; 𝑃<0.001		𝜒^2=8.78; df=2; 𝑃=0.012

df: degrees of freedom.