Variables
|
N (%)
|
FACT-H&N
|
---|
Mean
|
SD
|
F/t
|
P-value
|
---|
Gender
| | | |
7.060
|
0.008**
|
male
|
135 (58.6)
|
87.93
|
19.03
| | |
female
|
95 (41.4)
|
95.01
|
21.05
| | |
Age
| | | |
1.289
|
0.199
|
< 60
|
139 (60.4)
|
92.42
|
22.32
| | |
≥ 60
|
91 (39.6)
|
88.99
|
17.13
| | |
Marital status
| | | |
6.496
|
0.011**
|
Single/divorced/Separated/widow
|
25 (10.8)
|
99.44
|
19.07
| | |
Married/cohabitation
|
205 (89.2)
|
89.68
|
20.01
| | |
Residence
| | | |
5.119
|
0.025*
|
Rural area
|
145 (63.1)
|
93.13
|
19.42
| | |
Urban area
|
85 (36.9)
|
86.96
|
20.87
| | |
Educational background
| | | |
3.597
|
0.029*
|
Primary/middle school
|
101 (43.9)
|
90.40
|
17.36
| | |
High / secondary/junior school
|
102 (44.3)
|
88.80
|
21.41
| | |
College or above
|
27 (11.7)
|
100.29
|
22.93
| | |
Household monthly income (yuan)
| | | |
1.637
|
0.202
|
< 3000
|
145 (63.0)
|
89.93
|
20.58
| | |
≥ 3000
|
85 (37.0)
|
95.62
|
22.02
| | |
Job status
| | | |
1.353
|
0.261
|
Retirement/unemployed
|
133 (57.8)
|
91.31
|
18.71
| | |
Temporary workers
|
32 (13.9)
|
85.48
|
20.42
| | |
Regular employee
|
65 (28.2)
|
93.50
|
22.69
| | |
Reparative therapy
| | | |
1.321
|
0.188
|
Yes
|
52 (22.6)
|
87.61
|
16.92
| | |
No
|
178 (77.4)
|
91.80
|
20.94
| | |
Mandibulectomy
| | | |
2.644
|
0.009***
|
Yes
|
182 (79.1)
|
92.63
|
19.93
| | |
No
|
48 (20.9)
|
84.14
|
19.74
| | |
Distant metastasis
| | | |
2.951
|
0.003***
|
Yes
|
12 (5.2)
|
74.41
|
22.08
| | |
No
|
218 (94.8)
|
91.76
|
19.69
| | |
Familial inheritance
| | | |
1.009
|
0.314
|
Yes
|
15 (6.5)
|
95.93
|
15.07
| | |
No
|
215 (93.5)
|
90.93
|
20.43
| | |
- One-way ANOVA / t-test were used to describe the mean scores of QoL in different categorical demographic and clinical variables
- SD standard deviations
- *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001