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Table 4 Fact-B score for all patients with breast cancer in association with MENQOL domain scores

From: Menopausal symptoms in relationship to breast cancer-specific quality of life after adjuvant cytotoxic treatment in young breast cancer survivors

FACT-B Subscales

Overall population

MENQOL vasomotor domain

MENQOL psychosocial domain

MENQOL physical domain

MENQOL sexual domain

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Physical well-being

23.4

24.5

21.5

25.0

21.2

25.2

21.3

23.8

22.6

 SD

4.14

3.73

4.19

3.11

4.35

2.88

4.36

4.10

4.10

p-value

–

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0152

Functional well-being

19.9

20.5

18.8

21.8

17.4

21.5

18.0

20.9

18.3

 SD

5.45

5.67

4.87

5.22

4.71

5.26

5.06

5.02

5.77

p-value

–

0.0100

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0001

Psychosocial well-being

19.4

19.9

18.6

20.6

17.7

20.7

17.9

20.0

18.5

 SD

6.03

5.98

6.08

6.05

5.61

5.80

5.98

5.99

6.02

p-value

 

0.1034

< 0.0001

0.0001

0.0479

Emotional well-being

17.7

18.4

16.5

19.3

15.5

19.1

16.0

18.5

16.3

 SD

4.19

3.82

4.54

3.39

4.16

3.49

4.32

4.09

4.02

p-value

–

0.002

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

BCS score

22.3

23.7

19.8

24.3

19.5

24.1

20.1

23.2

20.6

 SD

5.26

5.16

4.42

4.85

4.44

5.28

4.33

5.07

5.19

p-value

–

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

Arm subscale

14.9

15.7

13.5

16.2

13.1

16.4

13.2

15.5

13.9

 SD

3.92

3.68

3.95

3.41

3.86

3.23

3.94

3.83

3.87

p-value

–

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0005

FACT-B total score

102.6

107.0

95.2

111.1

91.2

110.7

93.3

106.4

96.5

 SD

18.78

18.28

17.30

15.73

16.44

16.20

17.21

17.92

18.58

p-value

–

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001