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Table 2 Association of Cannabis Use on Quality of Life Summary Score and other Self-Reported Outcomes

From: A population-based survey to assess the association between cannabis and quality of life among colorectal cancer survivors

 

Cannabis use (Yes) (n = 293)

Cannabis use (No) (n = 1491)

Unadjusted (95%CI)

Adjusteda(95% CI)

Mean Score

QLQ-C30 Summary Scoreb

76.27

83.07

−6.80 (−8.79, −4.80)

− 6.14 (− 8.07, − 4.20)

Physical functioningc

86.13

85.07

1.05 (−1.36, 3.47)

−2.75 (−5.01, −0.49)

Social functioningc

69.85

81.52

−11.67 (− 15.06, − 8.28)

−9.84 (− 13.22, − 6.46)

Role functioningc

73.29

82.01

− 8.72 (−12.23, − 5.22)

− 7.54 (− 11.03, − 4.04)

Emotional functioningc

71.59

81.71

−10.11 (− 12.70, − 7.52)

−7.74 (− 10.35, − 5.12)

Cognitive functioningc

74.12

83.11

−8.99 (− 11.61, − 6.37)

−8.60 (− 11.29, − 5.90)

Fatigued

32.92

24.73

8.18 (5.13, 11.24)

8.26 (5.23, 11.29)

Nausea & vomitingd

9.70

4.85

4.85 (3.11, 6.59)

3.29 (1.52, 5.07)

Paind

24.74

15.29

9.45 (6.31, 12.60)

7.58 (4.52, 10.63)

Dyspnead

17.41

13.76

3.65 (0.69, 6.61)

4.53 (1.53, 7.53)

Insomniad

34.70

26.65

8.05 (4.46, 11.64)

7.13 (3.43, 10.82)

Appetite lossd

17.13

8.82

8.30 (5.70, 10.90)

7.21 (4.55, 9.87)

Constipationd

22.49

17.76

4.73 (1.49, 7.97)

4.38 (1.04, 7.73)

Diarrhead

24.63

22.73

1.90 (−1.58, 5.38)

0.83 (−2.77, 4.43)

  1. a Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, gender, education, marital status, health plan, smoking, alcohol use, Charlson comorbidity index [11], stage, site, opioid use after diagnosis
  2. b A high score for QoL summary score represents a high QoL
  3. c A high score for a functional scale represents a high / healthy level of functioning
  4. d A high score for a symptom scale / item represents a high level of symptomatology / problems