Quality of life among French breast cancer survivors in comparison with cancer-free women: the Seintinelles study

BMC Women's Health

Table 2 Comparisons of adjusted means of psychometric scale scores between breast cancer survivors and cancer-free women

	Breast cancer survivors (n = 722)	Cancer-free women (n = 1359)	p-Value
	Adjusted mean^a [CI 95%]	Adjusted mean^a [CI 95%]	p-Value
WHOQOL-BREF
WHOQOL: physical health [PHYSH]	59.45 [57.95; 60.96]	63.24 [61.68; 64.80]	< .0001
WHOQOL: psychological health [PSYCH]	57.96 [56.28; 59.63]	58.14 [56.40; 59.88]	0.8026
WHOQOL: social relationships [SOCREL]	54.59 [52.53; 56.66]	55.12 [52.98; 57.27]	0.5552
WHOQOL: environment [ENVIR]	67.55 [66.22; 68.88]	67.20 [65.82; 68.58]	0.5445
MHLCS – Form A
MHLCS: internal	21.58 [21.19; 21.97]	22.20 [21.79; 22.61]	0.0003
MHLCS: powerful others	19.73 [19.24; 20.23]	18.90 [18.38; 19.42]	0.0001
MHLCS: chance	18.55 [18.04; 19.05]	18.28 [17.76; 18.81]	0.2261
Brief-COPE
BCOPE: positive thinking	14.78 [14.41; 15.16]	13.58 [13.19; 13.96]	< .0001
BCOPE: problem solving	10.76 [10.46; 11.07]	10.41 [10.09; 10.73]	0.0087
BCOPE: seeking social support	17.05 [16.56; 17.53]	17.24 [16.74; 17.74]	0.3651
BCOPE: avoidance	17.71 [17.34; 18.09]	18.59 [18.20; 18.98]	< .0001
HLS-EU-Q16^b	12.16 [11.79; 12.52]	11.92 [11.54; 12.31]	0.1426

^aAdjusted means and 95% confidence intervals; adjusted for: living status (0: alone; 1: not alone), having dependents (1: yes; 0: no), financial level (1: high; 0: lower), education level (0: high school; 1: undergraduate to post-graduate degree), being professionally active (1: yes; 0: no), habitat environment (0: rural; 1: urban), age (1: 26–39; 2: 40–52; 3: 53–75 years), BMI (1: normal; 0: overweight or obese), current health status (0: good enough or lower; 1: good or very good), neurological problems (1: yes; 0: no), presence of comorbidities (cardiovascular, neurovascular diseases or diabetes; 1: yes; 0: no), consultations with a general practitioner in the last 12 months (0: ≤ 2; 1: > 2), sleep problems (1: yes; 0: no), currently smoking (1: yes; 0: no), current alcohol consumption (1: yes; 0: no), increase in physical activity level in the last 10 years (1: yes, 0: no), and fatalistic perception of cancer (1: yes; 0: no)
^bN = 1817 in whom the scores could be calculated (678 BCSs and 1139 CFWs) / 2081

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