From: Quality of life of women with breast cancer in a tertiary referral university hospital
Characteristic | Number (n = 173) | Utility value | VAS | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean rank (sum of ranks) | z/χ2 | p-value | Mean rank (sum of ranks) | z/χ2 | p-value | ||
Sociodemographic | |||||||
Age (years old)* | |||||||
30–39 | 7 | 72.93 | 2.304 | 0.680 | 73.93 | 1.505 | 0.826 |
40–49 | 34 | 91.24 | 92.32 | ||||
50–59 | 61 | 91.92 | 89.35 | ||||
60–69 | 57 | 81.11 | 82.51 | ||||
> 70 | 14 | 86.32 | 82.64 | ||||
Marital status* | |||||||
Single | 14 | 85.61 | 0.400 | 0.940 | 70.54 | 3.302 | 0.347 |
Married | 139 | 87.18 | 88.39 | ||||
Divorced | 9 | 79.28 | 73.33 | ||||
Widowed | 11 | 92.86 | 91.59 | ||||
Ethnicity* | |||||||
Malay | 117 | 87.47 | 0.884 | 0.643 | 94.20 | 9.079 | 0.011‡ |
Chinese | 44 | 82.89 | 67.83 | ||||
Indian | 12 | 97.50 | 87.13 | ||||
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Formal education* | |||||||
None | 8 | 63.69 | 3.555 | 0.314 | 88.00 | 0.960 | 0.81 |
Primary | 32 | 79.34 | 79.48 | ||||
Secondary | 77 | 88.16 | 89.60 | ||||
Tertiary | 56 | 93.12 | 87.57 | ||||
Employment status* | |||||||
Never employed | 37 | 87.77 | 4.345 | 0.501 | 94.89 | 1.671 | 0.893 |
Unemployed | 32 | 82.48 | 82.83 | ||||
Self employed | 4 | 66.75 | 81.38 | ||||
Part time | 3 | 127.33 | 83.33 | ||||
Full time | 48 | 93.48 | 88.79 | ||||
Pensioner | 49 | 82.29 | 82.69 | ||||
Presence of concurrent illness† | |||||||
Yes | 99 | 83.41 | − 1.121 | 0.262 | 80.07 | − 2.132 | 0.033‡ |
No | 74 | 91.80 | 96.28 | ||||
Duration and treatment | |||||||
Duration of BC* | |||||||
< 1 year | 40 | 82.96 | 1.163 | 0.884 | 89.15 | 4.299 | 0.367 |
≥ 1–5 years | 82 | 88.18 | 90.80 | ||||
≥ 5–10 years | 26 | 90.10 | 70.73 | ||||
≥ 10–15 years | 16 | 80.13 | 80.91 | ||||
≥ 15 years | 9 | 97.44 | 100.67 | ||||
Treatment received | |||||||
Endocrine (Hormonal) therapy† | |||||||
Yes | 121 | 89.24 | − 0.922 | 0.357 | 87.02 | − 0.008 | 0.993 |
No | 52 | 81.80 | 86.95 | ||||
Chemotherapy† | |||||||
Yes | 137 | 88.36 | − 0.720 | 0.472 | 89.17 | − 1.124 | 0.261 |
No | 36 | 81.81 | 78.75 | ||||
Radiotherapy† | |||||||
Yes | 121 | 89.43 | − 1.000 | 0.317 | 89.78 | − 1.126 | 0.260 |
No | 52 | 81.36 | 80.54 | ||||
Surgery† | |||||||
Yes | 163 | 88.02 | − 1.108 | 0.268 | 86.44 | − 0.596 | 0.551 |
No | 10 | 70.45 | 96.05 | ||||
Traditional medicine† | |||||||
Yes | 41 | 70.54 | − 2.480 | 0.013‡ | 87.80 | − 0.119 | 0.905 |
No | 132 | 92.11 | 86.75 | ||||
Financial monthly income | |||||||
Individual* (RM) | |||||||
≤ 500 | 64 | 87.13 | 0.733 | 0.866 | 84.46 | 2.159 | 0.540 |
> 500–1000 | 24 | 81.33 | 76.44 | ||||
> 1000–5000 | 68 | 87.00 | 92.58 | ||||
> 5000 | 17 | 94.53 | 89.15 | ||||
Household* (RM) | |||||||
≤ 1000 | 32 | 71.63 | 10.230 | 0.037‡ | 79.73 | 2.692 | 0.611 |
> 1000–3000 | 52 | 91.38 | 86.07 | ||||
> 3000–5000 | 30 | 106.48 | 86.17 | ||||
> 5000–10,000 | 47 | 84.88 | 95.94 | ||||
> 10,000 | 12 | 68.58 | 77.50 | ||||
Savings affected† | |||||||
Yes | 42 | 85.74 | − 0.193 | 0.847 | 82.60 | − 0.663 | 0.507 |
No | 131 | 87.40 | 88.41 | ||||
Problem buying basic needs† | |||||||
Yes | 19 | 83.53 | − 0.330 | 0.742 | 73.45 | − 1.265 | 0.206 |
No | 154 | 87.43 | 88.67 |