Domains of quality of life freely expressed by cancer patients and their caregivers: contribution of the SEIQoL

Table 3 Common domains expressed by both patient and caregiver within the dyad

Domains	N	Scores’ difference^a	p	Weighs’ difference ^b	p
Family	167	4.81	0.002	0.33	0.918
Health	93	1.6	0.660	4.86	0.030
Leisures	75	5.9	0.099	3.34	0.042
Social life	55	0.59	0.939	0.80	0.730
Occupational issues	25	19.71	0.030	4.50	0.317
Psychological well-being	20	7.96	0.421	7.05	0.039
Environment	15	6.32	0.555	4.40	0.486
Financial issues	17	5.11	0.793	1.06	0.594
Love life	12	14.5	0.176	1.00	0.929
Autonomy	2		-	-	-
Index	205	1.72	0.424

^ascores’ difference between the patient’ score and the caregiver’ score within a same dyad (absolute value)
^bweights’ difference between the patient’ weight and the caregiver’ weight within a same dyad (absolute value)
Bold values: p < 0.05

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