Table 3 Mental morbidity, intimate relations, sexuality, body image, fatigue and menopausal-related quality of life of EOCSs in the "good" and the "poor" SRH groups
From: Morbidity associated with "self-rated health" in epithelial ovarian cancer survivors
Good SRH (N = 89) | Poor SRH (N = 95) | P | ESa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HADS b | ||||
Anxiety level, mean (SD) | 3.8 (3.2) | 7.1 (3.8) | < .001 | .51 |
Depression level, mean (SD) | 1.7 (1.8) | 4.4 (3.7) | < .001 | .92 |
Caseness of anxiety, N (%) | 9 (10) | 45 (47) | < .001 | .80 |
Caseness of depression, N (%) | 1 (1) | 18 (19) | < .001 | .70 |
Fatigue, mean (SD) | ||||
Physical level | 7.1 (2.7) | 11.3 (4.1) | < .001 | 1.20 |
Mental level | 4.3 (1.4) | 5.4 (1.9) | < .001 | .66 |
Total level | 11.4 (3.7) | 16.7 (5.3) | < .001 | 1.15 |
Caseness of chronic fatigue, N (%) | 4 (5) | 37 (39) | < .001 | .95 |
Body Image Scale, mean (SD) b | 3.3 (4.2) | 7.1 (6.6) | < .001 | .68 |
Menopause-specific QoL, mean (SD) | ||||
Vasomotorb | 2.4 (1.6) | 2.8 (1.9) | .17 | |
Psychosocial | 2.2 (1.2) | 3.7 (1.5) | < .001 | 1.10 |
Physical | 2.3 (0.8) | 3.6 (1.2) | < .001 | 1.27 |
Current hormone replacement N (%) | 25 (28) | 28 (30) | .84 | |
Paired relation, N (%) | 69 (77) | 68 (73) | .49 | |
Currently sexually active, N (%) | 58 (61) | 33 (35) | < .001 | .53 |
N= 70 | N = 73 | |||
Intimate Bond Measure, mean (SD) | ||||
Partners' care | 29.0 (7.0) | 25.7 (9.6) | .002 | .39 |
Partners' control b | 5.1 (6.8) | 6.7 (7.2) | .094 | |
N = 54 | N = 33 | |||
Sexually active, mean (SD) | ||||
Pleasureb | 8.9 (6.7) | 5.8 (5.6) | .004 | .50 |
Discomfortb | 3.8 (1.8) | 3.7 (1.9) | .88 |