Female Breast Cancer Patients, Mastectomy-Related Quality of Life: Experience from Ethiopia

Table 3

Association between demographic characteristics and QOL, functional capacity, and symptom scales of female breast cancer patients, mastectomy-related quality of life (SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018).

Variables			Body image		Future perspective		Sexual functioning		Sexual enjoyment		Breast symptoms		Arm symptom		QOL
			Scale	value	Scale	value	Scale	value	Scale	value	Scale	value	Scale	value	Scale	value
Age	≤50	59	63.7	0.044	38.9	0.020	87.3	0.018	83.3	0.113	17.0	0.070	27.6	0.108	48.7	0.011
	>50	27	74.7		42.3		83.6		59.2		22.0		20.8		48.1
Occupation	Employed	42	67.4	0.013	39.0	0.013	85.0	0.018	57.6	0.120	17.6	0.036	25.6	0.057	49.5	0.027
	Unemployed	44	71.2		41.6		85.6		84.8		20.6		23.2		46.6
Educational status	No formal education	28	73.5	0.044	50.0	0.164	94.6	0.074	94.0	0.205	18.8	0.009	24.6	0.250	49.1	0.016
	Formal education	58	65.1		30.6		76.0		48.4		19.3		23.8		47.7
Marital status	Married	77	74.3	0.005	41.1	0.210	87.0	0.017	87.9	0.153	18.7	0.005	25.0	0.280	49.0	0.014
	Single	9	64.3		39.5		83.6		54.5		19.4		24.0		48.0
Residency	Urban	63	70.1	0.013	40.7	0.014	87.6	0.021	87.8	0.153	17.3	0.057	23.9	0.001	49.0	0.021
	Rural	23	68.5		40.0		83.0		54.6		20.9		25.0		48.0
Parity	No parity	15	67.2	0.013	34.2	0.007	83.8	0.007	53.7	0.154	20.2	0.058	24.6	0.021	48.2	0.009
	Parity	71	71.4		46.4		86.7		88.7		18.0		24.1		47.9