Table 4 EQ-5L-5D domains and association with socio-demography, duration & treatment, and financial monthly income
From: Quality of life of women with breast cancer in a tertiary referral university hospital
Characteristic | Mobility | Self-care | Usual activity | Pain/discomfort | Anxiety / depression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean rank | z/ χ2 (p-value) | Mean rank | z/ χ2 (p-value) | Mean rank | z/ χ2 (p-value) | Mean rank | z/ χ2 (p-value) | Mean rank | z/ χ2 (p-value) | |
Sociodemographic | ||||||||||
Age (years old)1 | ||||||||||
30–39 | 78.57 | 3.546 (0.471) | 93.00 | 1.282 (0.864) | 102.71 | 3.778 (0.437) | 110.07 | 2.584 (0.630) | 114.71 | 3.777 (0.437) |
40–49 | 80.69 | 86.09 | 82.88 | 88.74 | 86.82 | |||||
50–59 | 84.16 | 85.21 | 82.84 | 85.17 | 85.65 | |||||
60–69 | 92.34 | 88.60 | 92.51 | 87.41 | 85.10 | |||||
> 70 | 97.18 | 87.50 | 84.86 | 77.54 | 87.21 | |||||
Marital status1 | ||||||||||
Single | 89.11 | 1.643 (0.650) | 87.57 | 6.601 (0.086) | 93.36 | 1.663 (0.645) | 89.11 | 5.124 (0.163) | 77.00 | 1.729 (0.631) |
Married | 87.27 | 85.27 | 85.39 | 88.21 | 88.40 | |||||
Divorced | 72.00 | 100.78 | 88.61 | 99.67 | 91.17 | |||||
Widowed | 93.14 | 96.91 | 97.95 | 58.73 | 78.59 | |||||
Ethnicity1 | ||||||||||
Malay | 86.59 | 0.052 (0.974) | 87.62 | 3.237 (0.198) | 85.48 | 0.618 (0.734) | 85.97 | 0.221 (0.895) | 89.12 | 2.571 (0.277) |
Chinese | 88.16 | 83.07 | 90.36 | 88.57 | 85.90 | |||||
Indian | 86.71 | 95.42 | 89.50 | 91.29 | 70.42 | |||||
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Formal education1 | ||||||||||
None | 109.25 | 4.301 (0.231) | 102.88 | 4.439 (0.218) | 100.13 | 4.570 (0.206) | 84.44 | 0.468 (0.926) | 94.63 | 0.569 (0.904) |
Primary | 93.41 | 86.50 | 97.34 | 85.88 | 83.81 | |||||
Secondary | 85.16 | 86.65 | 83.53 | 89.57 | 87.86 | |||||
Tertiary | 82.69 | 85.50 | 83.98 | 84.47 | 86.55 | |||||
Employment status1 | ||||||||||
Never employed | 84.76 | 4.083 (0.538) | 81.00 | 8.187 (0.146) | 88.85 | 1.676 (0.892) | 84.27 | 7.017 (0.219) | 84.31 | 4.182 (0.524) |
Unemployed | 92.11 | 89.19 | 92.63 | 87.97 | 95.02 | |||||
Self employed | 89.88 | 103.25 | 93.00 | 133.00 | 63.50 | |||||
Part time | 63.50 | 81.00 | 92.17 | 45.00 | 88.19 | |||||
Full time | 80.69 | 84.50 | 83.18 | 85.29 | 85.99 | |||||
Pensioner | 92.74 | 91.59 | 84.87 | 88.92 | ||||||
Presence of concurrent illness2 | ||||||||||
Yes | 91.01 | − 1.560 (0.119) | 87.99 | − 0.683 (0.495) | 90.16 | − 1.300 (0.194) | 87.82 | − 0.277 (0.780) | 90.08 | − 1.207 (0.227) |
No | 81.64 | 85.68 | 82.78 | 85.90 | 82.88 | |||||
Duration and treatment | ||||||||||
Duration of BC1 | ||||||||||
< 1 year | 85.35 | 0.441 (0.979) | 85.33 | 7.576 (0.108) | 88.68 | 6.207 (0.184) | 94.88 | 2.949 (0.566) | 96.35 | 6.482 (0.166) |
≥ 1- 5 years | 87.70 | 89.44 | 92.28 | 81.61 | 83.62 | |||||
≥ 5- 10 years | 89.35 | 81.00 | 73.71 | 88.52 | 79.46 | |||||
≥ 10–15 years | 87.41 | 81.00 | 77.38 | 94.78 | 99.81 | |||||
≥ 15 years | 80.50 | 100.22 | 86.94 | 82.89 | 75.28 | |||||
Treatment received | ||||||||||
Hormonal therapy2 | ||||||||||
Yes | 85.90 | − 0.717 (0.474) | 84.62 | 2.165 (0.030)* | 85.23 | − 0.963 (0.336) | 87.64 | − 0.282 (0.778) | 85.03 | − 1.018 (0.309) |
No | 90.25 | 92.54 | 91.13 | 85.52 | 91.59 | |||||
Chemotherapy2 | ||||||||||
Yes | 85.18 | − 1.198 (0.231) | 87.30 | − 0.348 (0.728) | 86.34 | − 0.456 (0.648) | 87.83 | − 0.472 (0.637) | 88.16 | − 0.767 (0.443) |
No | 93.94 | 85.86 | 89.50 | 83.83 | 82.58 | |||||
Radiotherapy2 | ||||||||||
Yes | 85.33 | − 0.855 (0.393) | 85.31 | − 1.534 (0.125) | 84.13 | − 1.557 (0.119) | 86.99 | − 0.004 (0.997) | 86.05 | − 0.491 (0.623) |
No | 90.88 | 90.92 | 93.67 | 87.02 | 89.21 | |||||
Surgery2 | ||||||||||
Yes | 86.32 | − 0.925 (0.355) | 86.29 | − 1.699 (0.089) | 86.60 | − 0.573 (0.567) | 87.02 | − 0.025 (0.980) | 86.77 | − 0.310 (0.756) |
No | 98.10 | 98.50 | 93.50 | 86.65 | 90.70 | |||||
Traditional medicine2 | ||||||||||
Yes | 95.34 | − 1.564 (0.118) | 87.39 | − 0.130 (0.897) | 93.30 | − 1.251 (0.211) | 106.20 | − 3.108 (0.002)* | 93.05 | − 1.142 (0.254) |
No | 84.41 | 86.88 | 85.04 | 81.04 | 85.12 | |||||
Financial factor | ||||||||||
Individual monthly income1 (RM) | ||||||||||
≤ 500 | 89.64 | 1.559 (0.669) | 87.83 | 1.888 (0.596) | 89.98 | 1.453 (0.693) | 81.06 | 4.493 (0.213) | 84.45 | 0.986 (0.805) |
> 500–1000 | 82.46 | 84.83 | 85.17 | 103.35 | 92.13 | |||||
> 1000–5000 | 88.32 | 88.49 | 87.05 | 85.60 | 88.59 | |||||
> 5000 | 78.18 | 81.00 | 78.15 | 91.85 | 83.03 | |||||
Household income (RM)1 | ||||||||||
≤ 1000 | 89.93 | 1.357 (0.852) | 94.91 | 7.515 (0.111) | 100.13 | 9.967 (0.041)* | 96.61 | 12.845 (0.012)* | 91.59 | 3.895 (0.420) |
> 1000–3000 | 84.37 | 85.85 | 89.96 | 83.81 | 83.16 | |||||
> 3000–5000 | 82.02 | 81.00 | 72.03 | 66.43 | 82.87 | |||||
> 5000–10,000 | 89.91 | 88.26 | 83.20 | 89.83 | 86.16 | |||||
> 10,000 | 92.33 | 81.00 | 91.46 | 115.54 | 105.00 | |||||
Savings affected2 | ||||||||||
Yes | 89.30 | − 0.438 (0.662) | 85.24 | − 0.595 (0.552) | 86.17 | − 0.168 (0.867) | 90.64 | − 0.599 (0.549) | 90.29 | − 0.630 (0.529) |
No | 86.26 | 87.56 | 87.27 | 85.83 | 85.95 | |||||
Problem buying basic needs2 | ||||||||||
Yes | 87.90 | − 0.109 (0.913) | 99.37 | − 2.591 (0.010)* | 95.95 | − 1.119 (0.263) | 96.16 | − 0.935 (0.350) | 82.37 | − 0.551 (0.582) |
No | 86.89 | 85.47 | 85.90 | 85.87 | 87.57 | |||||