Association of financial status and the quality of life in Chinese women with recurrent ovarian cancer

Table 5 Demographic and clinical factors significantly associated with QOL

	Demographic and clinical factors
	Occupation^a	Insurance type^b	Education^c	Chemotherapy	Recurrence interval^d	Age	BMI
QLQ-C30
Cognitive functioning	2.1 (0.040)^e	−8.2 (0.011)		3.2 (0.031)
Emotional functioning	3.4 (0.002)	−12.2 (0.001)
Social functioning		−17.1 (0.0002)
Financial difficulties	−9.3 (<0.0001)		−6.7 (0.023)		−0.8 (0.005)
Constipation		14.4 (0.011)
Nausea and vomiting				−2.5 (0.045)			−1.7 (0.003)
QLQ-OV28
Attitude toward disease	−3.2 (0.044)	16.1 (0.001)		5.0 (0.031)		−0.7 (0.014)
Sexual functioning	−1.3 (0.016)	3.8 (0.031)				−0.2 (0.026)
Abdominal symptoms		6.5 (0.030)
Menopausal symptoms					−0.3 (0.019)

^aFarmer or housewife, Factory worker, Enterprise employee, Self-employed, Retired
^bUrban and rural medical insurance
^cJunior high school or lower and senior high school or above
^d≤12 months and 12–90 months
^ecoefficient (P value)

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