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Table 2 Patient-reported HRQOL outcomes (NICRH: outpatient department) versus (BSSMU: inpatient center)

From: Quality of life and its predictors among patients with metastatic cancer in Bangladesh: the APPROACH survey

Mean (SD)

Variables

NICRH (outpatient department) (N = 189 )

BSMMU (inpatient center) (N = 197 )

p-value

Cohen’s D1

(95% CI)

FACT-G (Overall) (out of 108)

53.0 (13.2)

46.4 (10.7)

< 0.001

-0.55 (-0.76, -0.35)

FACT-G Physical well-being (FACT-GP) (out of 28)

13.7 (4.8)

10.2 (3.6)

< 0.001

-0.82 ( -1.03, -0.62)

FACT-G Functional well-being (FACT-GF) (out of 28)

10.2 (5.5)

8.6 (3.9)

0.001

-0.33 (-0.54, -0.13)

FACT-G Emotional well-being subscale (FACT-GE) (out of 28)

10.3 (4.7)

9.3 (4.9)

0.035

-0.22 (-0.42, -0.01)

FACT-G Social well-being subscale (FACT-GS) (out of 28)

18.9 (5.2)

18.3 (4.7)

0.279

-0.11 (-0.31, 0.09)

FACIT-Sp  (out of 48)

29.9 (6.5)

22.4 (6.2)

< 0.001

-1.18 (-1.39, -0.96)

HADS (Overall) (out of 42)

22.0 (5.6)

22.9 (5.3)

0.088

0.17 ( -0.03, 0.37)

HADS Anxiety (HADS-A) (out of 21)

10.9 (3.8)

10.5 (3.3)

0.333

-0.10 (-0.30, 0.10)

0–7, n (%)

36 (19.05)

31 (15.74)

  

8 − 1, n (%)

42 (22.22)

58 (29.44)

  

11 and above, n (%)

111 (58.73)

108 (54.82)

0.245

 

HADS Depression (HADS-D) (out of 21)

11.1 (3.1)

12.4 (3.0)

< 0.001

0.43 (0.23, 0.63)

0–7, n (%)

16 (8.47)

7 (3.55)

  

8–10, n (%)

59 (31.22)

46 (23.35)

  

11 and above, n (%)

114 (60.32)

144 (73.10)

< 0.05

 
  1. 1Cohen’s D effect sizes 0.8 and over will be considered large