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Table 6 Determinants for HRQOL using multiple regression including demographic and clinical variables

From: Decreased health-related quality of life in disease-free survivors of differentiated thyroid cancer in Korea

Variables

Global health status/QOL

Physical functioning

Role functioning

Emotional functioning

Cognitive functioning

Social functioning

Age at diagnosis, years

-

-0.27a

-

-0.21b

-

-

Age at evaluation, years

-

-0.37 a

-

0.20 b

-0.23 b

 

Gender (male = 1,female = 2)

-

-12.11a

-

-7.47b

-

-

Married (not married = 1, married = 2)

-

-

-

-

-

-

> High school graduate

-

-

-

-

-

-

(≤High school graduate = 1, > High school graduate = 2)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Employed (not employed = 1, employed = 2)

-

-

6.66a

-

-

5.00b

Religion (non-religious = 1, religious = 2)

-

-

-6.07b

-

-5.97b

-

≥ Middle class financial status

-

-

-

-

-

-

(<Middle class financial status = 1, ≥ Middle class financial status = 2)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Operation (Total = 1,Subtotal/lobectomy = 2)

-6.57b

-

-

-

-

-

Disease stage (stage I,II = 1, stage III,IVa = 2)

-

-

-

-

-4.92b

-

TSH ( )

-

-

-

-

-

-

RAI, cumulative dose (mCi)

-

-

-

-

-

-

RAI, total frequency

-

-

-

-

-

-

Time since remission, months

-

-

-

-

-0.11a

-

BFI total score

-0.50a

-0.34a

-0.57a

-0.25a

-0.17b

-0.37a

HADS, Anxiety

-

-1.02a

-

-3.45a

-1.92a

-1.36a

HADS, Depression

-1.82a

-

-1.41a

-

-1.52a

-

Adjusted R2

0.42

0.43

0.39

0.59

0.40

0.25

  1. HRQOL, Health-related quality of life; a P < 0.01, b P < 0.05; P values are from a multiple regression analysis. The numbers in table are regression coefficient (the average increment of HRQOL as the value of each variable one unit).