From: Quality of life in lung cancer patients: does socioeconomic status matter?
 | Baseline | Follow-up | ||||
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 | Affluent/intermediate (n = 35) Mean (SE) | Deprived (n = 47) Mean (SE) | P*        | Affluent/intermediate (n = 35) Mean (SE) | Deprived (n = 47) Mean (SE) | P* |
Role functioning | 72.8 (5.9) | 58.5 (4.9) | 0.04 | 52.8 (5.0) | 41.5 (4.4) | 0.09 |
Physical functioning | 74.3 (3.7) | 61.7 (3.8) | 0.03 | 58.8 (4.2) | 53.6 (3.6) | 0.33 |
Cognitive functioning | 85.2 (3.4) | 86.9 (3.1) | 0.69 | 77.6 (4.4) | 83.0 (3.3) | 0.34 |
Social functioning | 86.6 (3.9) | 85.8 (3.7) | 0.96 | 80.9 (4.1) | 82.9 (3.2) | 0.77 |
Emotional functioning | 80.0 (3.4) | 78.2 (3.4) | 0.84 | 74.5 (3.5) | 76.8 (3.4) | 0.41 |
Global quality of life | 56.9 (3.3) | 51.4 (3.5) | 0.18 | 53.8 (4.3) | 50.3 (3.8) | 0.59 |