The Scientific World Journal

Research Article

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

Table 1

Patients’ sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and EQ-5D VAS and Index Scores.
𝑁 ( % ) VAS ± 1SDEQ-5Dindex ± 1SD
Gender
 Females119 (56.1) 6 4 . 7 ± 2 2 . 7 0 . 6 1 2 ± 0 . 3 4 1
 Males93 (43.9) 6 8 . 9 ± 2 0 . 4 0 . 7 0 7 ± 0 . 3 1 8
  𝑃 *0.2680.017
Age
 Mean57.4
 Range18–81
Marital status
 Married170 (80.2) 6 6 . 6 ± 2 2 . 4 0 . 6 3 7 ± 0 . 3 5 0
 Unmarried19 (9.0) 6 5 . 7 ± 2 1 . 1 0 . 7 1 8 ± 0 . 2 5 2
 Divorced5 (2.6) 5 7 . 0 ± 1 9 . 2 0 . 7 6 3 ± 0 . 1 8 2
 Widowed14 (6.6) 6 8 . 6 ± 1 7 . 4 0 . 6 8 3 ± 0 . 2 9 2
  𝑃 **0.6860.936
Education
 Primary77 (36.3) 6 8 . 4 ± 2 1 . 7 0 . 6 1 2 ± 0 . 3 6 0
 Secondary74 (34.9) 6 5 . 1 ± 2 1 . 7 0 . 6 5 9 ± 0 . 3 3 6
 Technological education institution18 (9.1) 6 9 . 7 ± 2 3 . 9 0 . 6 6 6 ± 0 . 3 3 8
 University28 (14.2) 6 3 . 7 ± 1 8 . 9 0 . 7 5 0 ± 0 . 2 1 9
  𝑃 **0.6640.579
Comorbidity
 Hypertension
  Yes63 (29.7) 6 8 . 9 ± 2 1 . 2 0 . 6 2 ± 0 . 3 4
  No149 (69.3) 6 5 . 6 ± 2 2 . 1 1 0 . 6 6 ± 0 . 3 3
  𝑃 *0.4430.468
 Coronary Heart disease
  Yes27 (12.7) 7 3 . 3 ± 1 9 . 0 0 . 6 1 ± 0 . 3 5
  No185 (86.3) 6 5 . 6 ± 2 2 . 1 0 . 6 5 ± 0 . 3 3
  𝑃 *0.1510.775
 Diabetes mellitus
  Yes22 (10.4) 7 4 . 3 ± 2 0 . 9 0 . 5 8 ± 0 . 3 2
  No190 (89.6) 6 5 . 7 ± 2 1 . 8 0 . 6 6 ± 0 . 3 3
  𝑃 *0.0880.145
Cancer site
 Gastrointestinal57 (26.9) 6 6 . 3 ± 2 2 . 5 0 . 6 0 ± 0 . 3 8
 Urogenital46 (21.7) 6 5 . 9 ± 2 2 . 6 0 . 6 1 ± 0 . 2 9
 Breast39 (18.4) 6 6 . 3 ± 2 0 . 3 0 . 6 9 ± 0 . 2 9
 Respiratory33 (15.6) 6 8 . 2 ± 2 2 . 7 0 . 6 3 ± 0 . 4 0
 Head and neck12 (5.7) 7 0 . 4 ± 1 9 . 1 0 . 8 5 ± 0 . 1 3
 Other25 (11.8) 6 5 . 1 ± 2 2 . 3 0 . 6 8 ± 0 . 2 9
  𝑃 **0.8610.166
*Mann-Whitney; **Kruskal Wallis.