International evaluation of the psychometrics of health-related quality of life questionnaires for use among long-term survivors of testicular and prostate cancer

van Leeuwen, Marieke; Kieffer, Jacobien M.; Efficace, Fabio; Fosså, Sophie D.; Bolla, Michel; Collette, Laurence; Colombel, Marc; De Giorgi, Ugo; Holzner, Bernhard; van de Poll-Franse, Lonneke V.; van Poppel, Hendrik; White, Jeff; de Wit, Ronald; Osanto, Susanne; Aaronson, Neil K.

doi:10.1186/s12955-017-0670-4

Table 4 Known group validity testing: effect sizes (ES) of the differences within the testicular cancer sample between the known groups based on comorbidity status, age, education and marital status

From: International evaluation of the psychometrics of health-related quality of life questionnaires for use among long-term survivors of testicular and prostate cancer

	TCa survivors
	Co-morbidities		Age			Education			Marital status
	0 comorbidities^a	1 or more co-morbidities	Younger than 40^a	40–50	50 and older	University^a	Higher education	High school or less	Single^a	Partner
SF36: Physical Functioning		−0.66		−0.33	−0.41		−0.11	−0.58		0.61
SF36: Role-Physical		−0.62		−0.09	−0.12		−0.20	−0.24		0.93
SF36: Bodily Pain		−0.84		−0.34	−0.28		0.00	−0.14		0.64
SF36: General Health		−0.55		−0.37	−0.21		0.03	−0.16		0.74
SF36: Vitality		−0.61		−0.07	−0.13		0.13	−0.10		0.52
SF36: Social Functioning		−0.49		−0.10	0.17		−0.18	−0.10		0.93
SF36: Role-Emotional		−0.27		0.06	0.07		−0.21	−0.24		0.64
SF36: Mental Health		−0.20		0.37	0.58		−0.18	−0.11		0.65
QLQ-C30: Global health status/QoL		−0.36		−0.09	0.20		0.01	−0.29		0.67
QLQ-C30: Physical Function		−0.69		−0.29	−0.27		0.07	−0.42		0.75
QLQ-C30: Role Function		−0.55		−0.19	0.08		0.04	−0.43		0.90
QLQ-C30: Emotional Function		−0.48		0.01	0.17		0.04	−0.26		0.86
QLQ-C30: Cognitive Function		−0.48		−0.07	−0.30		−0.06	0.08		0.74
QLQ-C30: Social Function		−0.47		−0.07	0.12		0.14	0.01		0.66
QLQ-C30: Fatigue		−0.81		−0.07	−0.38		0.12	−0.31		0.76
QLQ-C30: Nausea / vomiting		−0.40		0.12	0.17		−0.12	−0.25		0.55
QLQ-C30: Pain		−0.80		−0.20	−0.19		0.13	−0.13		0.63
QLQ-C30: Dyspnoea		−0.45		−0.21	−0.40		0.27	−0.37		0.19
QLQ-C30: Insomnia		−0.43		0.15	0.14		−0.03	−0.04		0.73
QLQ-C30: Appetite loss		−0.17		0.06	0.10		0.04	−0.33		0.60
QLQ-C30: Constipation		−0.24		−0.10	−0.03		0.31	0.06		0.48
QLQ-C30: Diarrhoea		−0.03		−0.13	0.04		0.59	0.56		0.15
QLQ-C30: Financial problems		−0.37		0.06	−0.40		0.09	−0.12		0.41
IOC: Appearance concerns		−0.13		0.19	0.35		0.07	−0.07		0.31
IOC: Body change concerns		−0.41		−0.15	−0.32		−0.06	−0.30		0.34
IOC: Life interferences		−0.33		−0.01	−0.02		−0.07	−0.14		0.65
IOC: Worry		−0.42		−0.06	0.12		0.02	−0.19		0.23
IOC: Negative Impact Scale		−0.42		−0.04	0.04		−0.02	−0.25		0.50
TC26: Satisfaction with care		−0.23		−0.08	−0.17		0.02	0.03		−0.06
TC26: Future perspective		−0.32		0.01	0.07		−0.04	−0.36		0.52
TC26: Communication		0.05		0.16	−0.16		−0.22	−0.04		0.04
TC26: Sexual activity		−0.30		−0.17	−0.66		−0.19	−0.13		0.56
TC26: Sexual enjoyment		−0.30		0.00	−0.54		−0.15	−0.27		0.57
TC26: Satisfaction with testicular implant		−0.36		0.76	0.50		−0.09	−0.78		0.26
TC26: Treatment side effects		−0.57		−0.10	−0.08		−0.04	−0.14		0.52
TC26: Job problems		−0.34		−0.01	0.15		−0.02	−0.31		0.48
TC26: Family problems		−0.17		−0.05	0.07		0.18	−0.18		0.09
TC26: Infertility		0.06		0.70	1.07		0.14	0.04		0.23
TC26: Body Image		−0.26		0.31	0.14		0.36	0.01		0.54
TC26: Sexual problems		−0.38		0.17	−0.23		−0.19	−0.06		0.36
QPS: Work Motivation		−0.28		−0.05	0.49		−0.03	0.03		0.49
QPS: Job and life satisfaction		−0.21		−0.01	0.21		−0.03	0.05		0.51
QPS: Work ability		−0.37		−0.23	−0.50		−0.26	−0.37		0.59
QPS: Self-efficacy		−0.13		−0.41	−0.37		−0.28	−0.27		−0.27

Effect sizes are displayed in bold in those cases where the known groups differed significantly (p ≤ .05). TCa testicular cancer
A positive effect size reflects better HRQoL than the reference group, and a negative effect size reflects worse HRQoL than the reference group
^areference group

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