Table 4 EORTC QLQ-C30 reference values for women and men in the general population of Spain
| Â | Men | Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 18–39 years | 40–49 years | 50–59 years | 60–69 years | ≥ 70 years | Total | 18–39 years | 40–49 years | 50–59 years | 60–69 years | ≥ 70 years | |||||||||||||
N = 567 | N = 206 | N = 115 | N = 98 | N = 70 | N = 78 | N = 598 | N = 201 | N = 112 | N = 99 | N = 76 | N = 111 | |||||||||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Physical functioning | 86.8 | 18.2 | 84.8 | 19.0 | 86.0 | 20.7 | 89.8 | 14.9 | 89.8 | 15.5 | 87.0 | 17.4 | 86.8 | 15.4 | 89.5 | 13.2 | 88.1 | 14.6 | 85.9 | 15.2 | 88.0 | 14.3 | 80.9 | 19.2 |
Role functioning | 84.9 | 22.7 | 81.8 | 23.3 | 83.0 | 24.7 | 86.3 | 22.4 | 89.7 | 19.9 | 89.7 | 19.0 | 87.2 | 20.3 | 89.4 | 17.8 | 85.6 | 20.1 | 87.1 | 20.5 | 89.4 | 20.8 | 83.3 | 23.6 |
Emotional functioning | 79.2 | 21.8 | 75.6 | 25.2 | 76.5 | 20.8 | 79.1 | 19.6 | 83.0 | 18.9 | 89.5 | 13.1 | 75.0 | 22.9 | 73.9 | 24.0 | 69.7 | 24.0 | 72.7 | 23.4 | 79.0 | 20.7 | 82.0 | 18.4 |
Cognitive functioning | 86.9 | 19.2 | 85.9 | 22.5 | 84.8 | 20.2 | 89.5 | 16.7 | 87.8 | 16.6 | 89.0 | 12.0 | 84.5 | 19.6 | 85.4 | 19.9 | 82.1 | 21.1 | 82.0 | 24.2 | 86.9 | 15.9 | 86.0 | 14.0 |
Social functioning | 88.9 | 21.7 | 86.4 | 25.5 | 85.6 | 22.2 | 90.7 | 18.4 | 93.7 | 17.4 | 94.0 | 15.1 | 86.8 | 23.1 | 86.5 | 23.2 | 82.1 | 26.3 | 85.8 | 23.1 | 92.0 | 18.1 | 89.5 | 21.9 |
Global QOL | 68.4 | 20.5 | 68.2 | 20.4 | 64.0 | 19.4 | 67.7 | 22.3 | 73.3 | 17.9 | 72.4 | 20.7 | 65.3 | 22.3 | 65.7 | 21.8 | 62.0 | 22.2 | 67.4 | 22.5 | 68.8 | 22.2 | 63.8 | 22.9 |
Fatigue | 21.0 | 21.6 | 25.1 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 21.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 16.4 | 21.3 | 13.3 | 19.4 | 26.5 | 23.3 | 25.8 | 25.0 | 29.3 | 22.1 | 30.4 | 25.1 | 21.0 | 20.6 | 25.4 | 20.7 |
Nausea/vomiting | 5.8 | 16.8 | 9.6 | 22.6 | 6.8 | 16.9 | 3.0 | 8.5 | 2.3 | 10.2 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 11.9 | 5.1 | 11.7 | 4.5 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 15.4 | 2.9 | 10.5 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
Pain | 21.8 | 23.9 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 24.1 | 24.7 | 21.9 | 23.4 | 16.0 | 20.7 | 13.5 | 18.2 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 18.0 | 21.4 | 29.2 | 24.9 | 27.3 | 24.8 | 19.0 | 22.4 | 27.3 | 25.6 |
Dyspnoea | 12.5 | 21.3 | 13.2 | 21.3 | 14.9 | 22.6 | 12.6 | 21.6 | 10.6 | 20.2 | 8.8 | 19.8 | 12.2 | 20.1 | 13.0 | 20.8 | 12.3 | 20.2 | 12.1 | 19.0 | 10.9 | 22.5 | 11.7 | 18.0 |
Insomnia | 24.1 | 27.1 | 28.8 | 30.8 | 24.8 | 24.5 | 23.1 | 25.4 | 21.0 | 25.3 | 14.2 | 21.2 | 26.2 | 28.7 | 23.7 | 27.1 | 31.5 | 30.5 | 33.3 | 31.3 | 20.9 | 26.9 | 22.7 | 27.2 |
Appetite loss | 10.6 | 21.2 | 17.2 | 26.4 | 9.2 | 18.2 | 6.3 | 14.6 | 5.7 | 16.7 | 5.1 | 16.2 | 8.5 | 18.5 | 8.0 | 17.6 | 9.6 | 19.9 | 9.7 | 19.3 | 7.1 | 18.1 | 8.0 | 18.4 |
Constipation | 14.3 | 23.3 | 16.7 | 26.5 | 14.9 | 21.7 | 12.0 | 21.9 | 13.4 | 21.4 | 10.5 | 19.4 | 16.3 | 24.8 | 16.1 | 25.7 | 13.9 | 22.8 | 18.5 | 27.3 | 14.7 | 21.4 | 18.3 | 24.8 |
Diarrhoea | 8.4 | 18.6 | 12.9 | 24.0 | 8.6 | 16.0 | 5.1 | 12.9 | 6.4 | 14.1 | 2.3 | 11.4 | 7.3 | 17.5 | 7.8 | 16.4 | 9.3 | 20.3 | 8.8 | 20.0 | 4.7 | 13.3 | 4.7 | 16.4 |
Financial problems | 9.9 | 21.5 | 13.2 | 24.7 | 11.4 | 22.6 | 9.0 | 22.0 | 5.2 | 14.8 | 4.3 | 11.2 | 9.1 | 20.0 | 8.5 | 17.8 | 15.4 | 27.1 | 10.9 | 21.7 | 5.3 | 16.4 | 4.7 | 13.4 |
Summary score | 85.2 | 16.1 | 81.9 | 19.7 | 83.8 | 15.8 | 87.1 | 12.4 | 88.6 | 12.3 | 90.8 | 10.0 | 84.3 | 14.1 | 85.2 | 14.2 | 82.2 | 13.5 | 82.2 | 15.5 | 87.2 | 13.2 | 84.8 | 13.2 |