Health-related quality of life and psychological baseline characteristics for stable (no observed disease progression over the 3 years of follow-up) and disease-progression patient groups
| Characteristics | Total population | Disease progression | Stable | p-value | |||
| n | Centrality | n | Centrality | n | Centrality | ||
| SF-36: Health-Related Quality of Life | |||||||
| PCS | 55 | 37.13±8.18 | 25 | 34.81±7.28 | 30 | 39.04±8.50 | 0.060 |
| Physical functioning | 55 | 50.00 (25.0–65.0) | 25 | 32.50 (15.0–62.5) | 30 | 55.00 (40.0–75.0) | 0.013 |
| Role-physical | 55 | 25.00 (0.0–75.0) | 25 | 12.50 (0.0–50.0) | 30 | 50.00 (0.0–75.0) | 0.039 |
| Bodily pain | 55 | 52.00 (41.0–84.0) | 25 | 41.00 (36.0–72.5) | 30 | 52.00 (42.0–84.0) | 0.098 |
| General health | 55 | 35.00 (30.0–47.0) | 25 | 35.00 (23.5–45.0) | 30 | 35.00 (30.0–50.0) | 0.219 |
| MCS | 55 | 42.42±10.88 | 25 | 38.98±11.77 | 30 | 45.05±9.39 | 0.042 |
| Vitality | 55 | 45.64±17.82 | 25 | 41.60±18.13 | 30 | 49.00±17.14 | 0.099 |
| Social functioning | 55 | 62.50 (50.0–75.0) | 25 | 62.50 (25.0–68.7) | 30 | 62.50 (50.0–75.0) | 0.043 |
| Role-emotional | 55 | 33.33 (0.0–100.0) | 25 | 16.67 (0.0–83.3) | 30 | 66.67 (33.3–100.0) | 0.047 |
| Mental health | 55 | 56.00±18.60 | 25 | 50.56±17.51 | 30 | 60.53±18.55 | 0.016 |
| HADS: Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale | |||||||
| Anxiety | 55 | 9.0 (4.0–12.0) | 25 | 10.0 (8.0–12.0) | 30 | 5.0 (4.0–11.0) | 0.054 |
| Depression | 55 | 6.0 (2.0–10.0) | 25 | 9.0 (5.0–11.0) | 30 | 4.0 (2.0–7.0) | 0.010 |
| Total score | 55 | 17.0 (8.0–22.0) | 25 | 18.0 (13.0–23.0) | 30 | 9.5 (3.0–25.0) | 0.015 |
| STAI-Y: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y | |||||||
| State anxiety | 55 | 48.48±7.50 | 25 | 50.52±7.54 | 30 | 46.23±7.01 | 0.033 |
| Trait anxiety | 55 | 50.55±14.52 | 25 | 55.52±13.68 | 30 | 46.40±14.10 | 0.018 |
| CHIP: Coping with Health Injuries and Problems | |||||||
| Distraction | 55 | 27.35±6.57 | 25 | 26.16±6.57 | 30 | 28.33±6.51 | 0.298 |
| Palliative | 55 | 26.11±4.76 | 25 | 25.56±4.95 | 30 | 26.57±4.64 | 0.737 |
| Instrumental | 55 | 30.44±6.17 | 25 | 29.96±6.19 | 30 | 30.83±6.22 | 0.246 |
| Emotional preoccupation | 55 | 25.13±7.48 | 25 | 26.28±7.27 | 30 | 24.17±7.63 | 0.206 |
| WCC: Ways of Coping Checklist | |||||||
| WCC problem | 53 | 26.28±5.55 | 24 | 26.29±5.15 | 29 | 26.28±5.96 | 0.991 |
| WCC emotion | 53 | 23.23±5.79 | 24 | 25.04±5.82 | 29 | 21.72±5.40 | 0.036 |
| WCC social support | 53 | 20.45±5.46 | 24 | 19.25±5.57 | 29 | 21.45±5.25 | 0.146 |
| SSQ: Social Support Questionnaire | |||||||
| SSQ availability | 53 | 13.0 (8.0–16.0) | 24 | 14.0 (9.0–15.0) | 29 | 13.0 (8.0–16.0) | 0.943 |
| SSQ satisfaction | 53 | 30.0 (26.0–34.0) | 24 | 29.5 (24.5–34.0) | 29 | 30.0 (28.0–36.0) | 0.181 |
| MHLC-C: Multidimensional Health Locus of Control | |||||||
| Internal | 55 | 19.33±6.21 | 25 | 19.52±6.20 | 30 | 19.17±6.31 | 0.835 |
| External: chance | 55 | 20.65±6.48 | 25 | 19.84±6.40 | 30 | 21.33±6.58 | 0.400 |
| External: doctors | 55 | 15.00 (12.0–17.0) | 25 | 15.00 (12.0–17.0) | 30 | 15.50 (12.0–17.0) | 0.820 |
| External: others | 55 | 10.78±3.69 | 25 | 11.48±3.86 | 30 | 10.20±3.49 | 0.202 |
Data are presented as mean±sd or median (interquartile range), unless otherwise stated. PCS: Physical Composite Summary; MCS: Mental Composite Summary.