Does quality of life among breast cancer survivors one year after diagnosis differ depending on urban and non-urban residence? A comparative study

Table 2 QOL scores at 12 months post-diagnosis for urban and non-urban breast cancer survivors

Quality of life	Urban breast cancer survivors (n = 277)		Non-urban breast cancer survivors (n = 323)		Differences between residence groups
	Mean ^a	95% CI	Mean ^a	95% CI	P- Value	clinical ^b
Physical well-being (0-28)	24.7	24.1, 25.2	22.8	22.3, 23.3	< 0.01	✗
Social well-being (0-28)	22.7	22.0, 23.4	22.5	21.8, 23.1	0.67	✗
Emotional well-being (0-24)	20.1	19.6, 20.5	19.2	18.7, 19.6	< 0.01	✗
Functional well-being (0-28)	22.4	21.8, 23.1	21.7	21.1, 22.3	0.09	✗
Breast cancer concerns (0-52)	40.4	39.5, 41.4	36.8	36.0, 37.7	< 0.01	✓
FACT-G (0-108)	89.7	87.9, 91.5	86.3	84.7, 88.0	< 0.01	✗
FACT-B+4 (0-160)	130.2	127.7, 132.7	122.6	120.3, 125.0	< 0.01	✗

Abbreviations:
FACT-G: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General; FACTB+4: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast additional four questions.
Notes:
(a) Adjusted for age.
(b) ✗: clinically meaningful difference between groups (two+ points for physical, social, emotional and functional well-being, three+ points for breast cancer concerns, five+ points for FACT-G, eight+ points for FACT-B+4); ✓: no clinically meaningful difference between groups.

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