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Table 3 Comparison of HRQoL scores in the cancer (n = 84) and cancer-free (n = 420) groups.

From: Impact of cancer occurrence on health-related quality of life: A longitudinal pre-post assessment

 

T1

T2

 

Cancer

Cancer-free

p value d

Cancer

Cancer-free

difference in change e

p value f

 

mean a

LL b

UL c

mean a

LL b

UL c

 

mean a

LL b

UL c

mean a

LL b

UL c

  

SF-36

               

   Physical functioning

90.2

86.5

93.9

87.9

85.4

90.4

0.18

84.5

80.9

88.2

88.8

86.3

91.3

-6.6

<.0001

   Role-physical

80.7

73.7

87.7

82.7

78.3

87.1

0.56

65.3

58.3

72.3

82.5

78.1

86.9

-15.2

0.0004

   Bodily pain

69.8

64.6

75.1

69.5

66.1

72.9

0.90

62.2

57.0

67.5

68.2

64.8

71.6

-6.3

0.01

   Mental health

67.5

63.3

71.6

65.6

62.8

68.4

0.34

65.2

61.0

69.3

66.8

64.0

69.5

-1.1

0.07

   Role-emotional

78.5

70.7

86.2

79.9

75.1

84.8

0.70

70.6

62.9

78.3

79.5

74.7

84.4

-7.5

0.11

   Social functioning

81.4

76.4

86.4

80.6

77.4

83.8

0.76

77.3

72.3

82.3

81.3

78.1

84.5

-4.8

0.09

   Vitality

60.1

55.9

64.2

59.1

56.3

61.8

0.61

57.1

52.9

61.2

60.2

57.4

62.9

-4.4

0.03

   General health

71.7

67.4

76.0

68.7

65.8

71.6

0.14

62.6

58.3

66.8

70.7

67.9

73.6

-11.1

<.0001

GHQ-12

69.7

66.7

72.8

68.9

66.9

70.9

0.58

68.8

64.9

71.1

69.5

67.5

71.5

-2.3

0.17

  1. HRQoL = health-related quality of life Scores range from 0 to 100, the higher the score, the better the HRQoL a adjusted mean b lower limit of the 95% confidence interval c upper limit of the 95% confidence interval d test of equality of T1 HRQoL score from a linear mixed model adjusted for higher diploma and physical tiredness e mean score evolution (cancer) – mean score evolution (cancer-free) f test of the interaction between time and group from a linear mixed model adjusted for higher diploma and physical tiredness