Table 1 Sample characteristics including mean values and standard deviations on the EORTC QLQ-C30 subscales

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Age at study assessment (M, SD)

34.92

5.70

35.42

5.63

34.29

5.73

36.71

7.75

36.47

7.80

36.93

7.71

 High level of education (N, %)

273

43.12

157

44.60

116

41.3

207

21.2

109

24.17

98

18.70

 Married (N, %)

233

36.9

131

37.3

102

36.3

501

51.4

223

49.45

278

53.05

 Age at diagnosis (M, SD)

6.34

4.38

6.69

4.44

5.90

4.29

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Years since diagnosis (M, SD)

28.07

3.21

28.22

3.10

27.88

3.33

-

-

-

-

-

-

EORTC QLQ-C30 (M, SD)

 Total QoL (sum score)

86.26

14.25

89.25

12.20

82.52

15.69

94.40

10.13

95.26

9.13

93.66

10.87

 Global QoL (2 items)

74.02

20.30

77.43

18.46

69.77

21.67

81.27

17.36

82.19

17.19

80.48

17.48

Functional scales

 Physical function (PF)

92.35

14.63

94.99

11.85

89.05

16.93

96.96

10.01

97.60

9.07

96.41

10.74

 Role function (RF)

86.55

23.06

89.51

21.42

82.86

24.51

94.55

16.57

95.40

16.36

93.83

16.72

 Emotional function (EF)

74.19

24.51

78.78

21.99

68.45

26.27

84.73

19.56

85.94

19.84

83.69

19.27

 Cognitive function (CF)

84.02

22.80

87.04

19.53

80.25

25.87

95.77

12.49

96.40

10.97

95.22

13.65

 Social function (SF)

85.10

24.38

87.81

22.37

81.73

26.32

95.23

15.02

96.04

14.58

94.54

15.37

Symptom scales

 Fatigue

25.39

23.93

20.45

21.75

31.55

25.11

11.27

18.89

9.23

17.59

13.02

19.79

 Nausea/vomiting

3.49

10.51

2.33

9.27

4.94

11.74

1.60

7.64

0.89

5.03

2.20

9.28

 Pain

18.96

26.23

13.96

23.09

25.21

28.53

9.89

20.61

9.09

20.73

10.58

20.49

 Dyspnea^a

9.28

20.43

6.93

17.62

12.22

23.17

3.08

12.54

2.07

10.45

3.95

14.04

 Insomnia^a

22.47

29.82

18.14

27.08

27.88

32.15

8.17

20.16

7.83

20.43

8.46

19.94

 Appetite loss^a

4.38

13.80

3.13

10.68

5.93

16.80

2.87

12.58

1.77

10.51

3.82

14.07

 Constipation^a

6.43

18.60

2.94

11.58

10.79

24.03

1.37

7.88

0.67

5.63

1.98

9.36

 Diarrhea^a

9.65

20.39

9.40

19.44

9.96

21.54

2.46

12.21

0.96

6.41

3.75

15.45

 Financial difficulties^a

8.15

22.65

5.43

17.27

11.55

27.61

3.59

14.97

3.34

15.47

3.80

14.53