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Table 7 Effect sizes of the cancer severity variables

From: The ability of cancer-specific and generic preference-based instruments to discriminate across clinical and self-reported measures of cancer severities

 

Mean score (SD)

 

QLQ-C30

FACT-G

EQ-5D

SF-6D

HUI-2

HUI-3

Stage of cancer

      

   1-2

74.44 (15.43)

85.47 (13.18)

0.84 (0.14)

0.73 (0.09)

0.87 (0.12)

0.80 (0.22)

   3-4

66.85 (21.61)

80.20 (14.36)

0.83 (0.14)

0.72 (0.11)

0.82 (0.14)

0.74 (0.23)

Effect size

0.49*

0.40*

0.06*

0.10*

0.36*

0.24*

ECOG-PS score 1

      

   0

76.43 (17.79)

86.12 (11.24)

0.86 (0.16)

0.77 (0.11)

0.88 (0.09)

0.83 (0.19)

   1-3

64.90 (20.70)

79.27 (14.83)

0.81 (0.11)

0.71 (0.10)

0.81 (0.15)

0.72 (0.22)

Effect size

0.65*

0.61*

0.31*

0.57*

0.50*

0.57*

Self-reported health status

      

   Excellent-good

76.92 (16.06)

86.45 (10.93)

0.87 (0.13)

0.76 (0.09)

0.88 (0.11)

0.83 (0.19)

   Fair-very poor

54.57 (17.83)

73.01 (15.05)

0.75 (0.12)

0.66 (0.09)

0.75 (0.14)

0.63 (0.23)

Effect size

1.39

1.23

0.90

1.13

1.18

1.04

  1. * Comparison of mean values (using ANOVA), p < 0.05.
  2. 1Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status
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