Research Article
Health Related Quality of Life of Cancer Patients in Ethiopia
Table 3
The mean difference QLQ scales versus sociodemographic characteristics.
| | | QoL | PF | RF | EF | CF | SF |
| | Marital status | | | | | | | | Single | 26.9 (22.7) | 52.6 (23.7) | 43 (31.6) | 47.1 (28.2) | 56.5 (20) | 44.9 (24.1) | | Married | 73.7 (4.6) | 53.8 (24.4) | 36.7 (29.8) | 36.7 (25.1) | 61.3 (54.8) | 48.3 (25.9) | | Divorced | 26.3 (16.7) | 53 (18.8) | 1.2 (2.3) | 38.9 (23.1) | 63 (31.4) | 36.9 (23.7) | | Widowed | 25 (20.5) | 52.3 (18.1) | 20 (29.1) | 37.3 (22.9) | 53.3 (22.1) | 46.7 (27.4) | | value | 0.871 | 0.989 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.85 | 0.475 | | Sex | | Female | 74.7 (4.6) | 50.3 (23.4) | 48.2 (29.9) | 37.6 (24.4) | 56 (24.1) | 71.5 (29.1) | | Male | 25 (20.2) | 56.9 (21.8) | 37.3 (27.8) | 41.3 (26.8) | 63.4 (59.5) | 67.2 (33.7) | | value | 0.377 | 0.673 | 0.265 | 0.436 | 0.124 | 0.397 | | Education | | No education | 80.8 (4.9) | 51.7 (24.9) | 50.7 (10.8) | 36.1 (23.1) | 57.2 (25.2) | 44.9 (25.3) | | Elementary | 33.1 (19.3) | 48.4 (21.5) | 38.1 (31.1) | 37.2 (26.1) | 48.5 (24.8) | 47.4 (19.3) | | High school | 25.9 (18.9) | 59.4 (20.9) | 37.3 (35.3) | 48.7 (30.8) | 74.9 (65.3) | 41.6 (30.1) | | College and above | 22.9 (14.7) | 57.6 (19.1) | 35.4 (23.1) | 23.8 (49.7) | 63 (19.4) | 55.7 (24.4) | | value | 0.361 | 0.152 | 0.57 | 0.175 | 0.128 | 0.214 | | Residence | | Urban | 24.1 (17.5) | 54.9 (23.5) | 50.4 (10.3) | 40.3 (24.7) | 60 (25.2) | 47 (25.7) | | Rural | 84.1 (3.4) | 51.4 (22.1) | 35.6 (28.3) | 38.1 (26.4) | 58.5 (57.4) | 45.6 (25.5) | | value | 0.283 | 0.341 | 0.239 | 0.608 | 0.836 | 0.73 | | Duration of the disease | | 0–12 months | 65.5 (4.1) | 52.4 (22.6) | 45.7 (19.1) | 40.6 (26.2) | 57.5 (25.1) | 44.1 (25.71) | | 13-24 | 29.6 (22.2) | 54.2 (22.9) | 39.4 (35.9) | 31.7 (21.7) | 65.1 (81.3) | 48.9 (26.0) | | ≥25 | 16.7 (13.7) | 57.5 (25.3) | 35.5 (30) | 46.4 (25.8) | 58.8 (21.8) | 55.5 (21.50) | | value | 0.412 | 0.531 | 0.162 | 0.11 | 0.689 | 0.217 | | Metastasis | | Yes | 22.1 (18.9) | 49.9 (19.5) | 34.1 (27.1) | 34.1 (25.5) | 54.6 (22.7) | 45.1 (27.7) | | No | 92.1 (5.1) | 55.8 (24.9) | 50.34 (29.8) | 53.2 (25.3) | 62.9 (54.3) | 47.2 (23.8) | | value | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.246 | 0.625 | | Surgery | | Yes | 82.8 (4.9) | 53.4 (20.7) | 36.4 (30.8) | 37.4 (25.6) | 61.6 (57.2) | 48.1 (25.1) | | No | 24.5 (19.5) | 53.2 (24.8) | 49.7 (10.2) | 40.95 (25.4) | 57.2 (25.6) | 44.6 (25.9) | | value | 0.01 | 0.96 | 0.289 | 0.39 | 0.545 | 0.41 |
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PF: physical functioning, RF: role functioning, EF: emotional functioning, CF: cognitive functioning, and SF: social functioning.
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