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

Table 3 Adjusted mean QOL for women with breast cancer compared with the general population stratified by residence location

Quality of life	Residence	General population		Breast cancer survivors		Difference between groups
		Mean ^a	95% CI	Mean ^a	95% CI	P -Value	clinical ^b
Physical well-being (0-28)	urban	25.0	24.8, 25.3	24.2	23.8, 24.6	< 0.01	✗
	non-urban	25.1	24.7, 25.5	22.7	22.2, 23.2	< 0.01	✓
Social well-being (0-28)	urban	19.9	19.5, 20.4	22.4	21.6, 23.2	< 0.01	✓
	non-urban	19.6	19.0, 20.2	22.4	21.7, 23.1	< 0.01	✓
Emotional well-being (0-24)	urban	21.1	20.8, 21.4	19.6	19.1, 20.0	< 0.01	✗
	non-urban	20.9	20.5, 21.2	19.2	18.8, 19.7	< 0.01	✗
Functional well-being (0-28)	urban	20.6	20.2, 21.1	22.0	21.3, 22.7	< 0.01	✗
	non-urban	20.2	19.7, 20.8	21.6	21.0, 22.3	< 0.01	✗
FACT-G (0-108)	urban	86.9	85.8, 88.0	88.0	86.3, 89.8	0.28	✗
	non-urban	85.8	84.4, 87.3	86.2	84.4, 87.9	0.79	✗

Abbreviations:
FACT-G: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General.
Notes:
(a) Adjusted for age (years), marital status (married or living as married, not married), education level (low, moderate, high), private health insurance status (yes, no), smoking status (never smoked, past smoker, current smoker), physical activity (sedentary, insufficient, sufficient), body mass index (underweight/healthy, overweight, obese, missing), and co-morbidities (none, one, two, three or more).
(b) ✗: clinically meaningful difference between groups (two+ points for physical, social, emotional and functional well-being, five+ points for FACT-G); ✓: no clinically meaningful difference between groups.

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