Table 2 Relationships between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and quality of life of patients and FCs
Characteristic | Total FACT-Leu score (Patients) | SF-36 PCS score (FCs) | SF-36 MCS score (FCs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | Statistic | p | Mean ± SD | Statistic | p | Mean ± SD | Statistic | p | |
Sex |  | −2.03 (t) | 0.044 |  | −0.004 (t) | 0.997 |  | −3.573 (t) | 0.004 |
 Male | 74.65 ± 16.41 |  |  | 64.67 ± 14.76 |  | 48.92 ± 13.86 |  | ||
 Female | 79.39 ± 16.19 |  |  | 64.68 ± 16.09 |  | 55.62 ± 12.40 |  | ||
Age (years) | Â | 2.259 (F) | 0.107 | Â | 3.798 (F) | 0.024 | Â | 2.587 (F) | 0.078 |
  < 45 | 75.38 ± 16.11 |  |  | 66.88 ± 15.49 |  | 54.16 ± 14.33 |  | ||
 45–59 | 81.39 ± 16.20 |  |  | 60.52 ± 14.83 |  | 49.59 ± 11.54 |  | ||
 60–74 | 76.33 ± 18.70 |  |  | 65.75 ± 13.36 |  | 50.72 ± 11.33 |  | ||
Marital status |  | −0.793 (t) | 0.429 |  | 3.758 (t) | < 0.001 |  | 4.626 (t) | < 0.001 |
 Married | 77.38 ± 16.31 |  |  | 63.18 ± 15.42 |  | 50.93 ± 12.94 |  | ||
 Unmarried | 75.31 ± 16.81 |  |  | 75.42 ± 10.80 |  | 63.86 ± 11.98 |  | ||
Educational level | Â | 0.132 (F) | 0.876 | Â | 9.299 (F) | 0.000 | Â | 1.578 (F) | 0.209 |
 Primary school or below | 75.75 ± 12.86 |  |  | 55.96 ± 14.81 |  | 51.25 ± 12.47 |  | ||
 Middle or high school | 77.29 ± 18.21 |  |  | 64.85 ± 14.85 |  | 51.57 ± 13.16 |  | ||
 University or higher | 76.37 ± 14.38 |  |  | 70.10 ± 14.78 |  | 55.38 ± 14.64 |  | ||
Religious belief |  | 0.039 (t) | 0.969 |  | 0.332 (t) | 0.740 |  | −0.463 (t) | 0.644 |
 Yes | 76.75 ± 16.12 |  |  | 64.32 ± 17.16 |  | 52.95 ± 13.48 |  | ||
 No | 76.85 ± 16.79 |  |  | 65.05 ± 13.51 |  | 52.05 ± 13.55 |  | ||
Employment |  | −3.234 (t) | 0.001 |  | 2.722 (t) | 0.007 |  | 0.893 (t) | 0.373 |
 Employed | 65.80 ± 16.66 |  |  | 68.97 ± 14.66 |  |  | 53.76 ± 14.70 |  |  |
 Unemployed | 78.05 ± 15.99 |  |  | 64.64 ± 15.44 |  | 51.92 ± 12.89 |  | ||
Type of leukemia |  | −0.948 (t) | 0.344 |  |  |  |  |  | |
 AML | 77.68 ± 17.14 |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||
 ALL | 75.39 ± 15.24 |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||
Treatment |  | −2.030 (t) | 0.044 |  |  |  |  |  | |
 Chemotherapy | 75.66 ± 15.62 |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||
 Non-chemotherapy | 81.70 ± 19.03 |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||
Undergoing initial treatment | Â | 0.680 (t) | 0.498 | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
 Yes | 77.66 ± 15.43 |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||
 No | 76.06 ± 17.30 |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||
Relationship to patient | Â | 1.126 (F) | 0.346 | Â | 4.644 (F) | 0.001 | Â | 4.621 (F) | 0.001 |
 Spouse | 78.17 ± 13.88 |  |  | 63.33 ± 15.13 |  | 51.66 ± 13.04 |  | ||
 Parent | 73.06 ± 18.39 |  |  | 60.61 ± 15.67 |  | 49.26 ± 13.61 |  | ||
 Child | 79.02 ± 19.30 |  |  | 67.99 ± 14.37 |  | 53.87 ± 13.75 |  | ||
 Sibling | 72.14 ± 20.68 |  |  | 74.29 ± 15.78 |  | 62.78 ± 8.25 |  | ||
 Other | 76.57 ± 6.58 |  |  | 81.79 ± 2.27 |  | 68.23 ± 1.66 |  | ||
Understanding of the disease | Â | Â | Â | 0.726 (F) | 0.458 | Â | 1.640 (F) | 0.197 | |
 Incomplete |  |  |  | 59.50 ± 16.29 |  | 42.49 ± 7.42 |  | ||
 Partial |  |  |  | 63.73 ± 16.11 |  | 52.11 ± 14.77 |  | ||
 Complete |  |  |  | 65.82 ± 14.80 |  | 53.39 ± 12.29 |  | ||