Quality of life and psychological distress during cancer: a prospective observational study involving young breast cancer female patients

Table 2 QoL domains (N = 106) during the hospital stay for breast surgery and 1 year later: means and (standard deviations)

	Hospital stay	1-year later	P^a	Norms^b [16]
Physical Functioning	81.3 (25.4)	84.3 (15.2)	0.216	81.02
Role-Physical Limitation	69.8 (38.7)	58.3 (41.8)	0.028	74.13
Bodily Pain	76.8 (23.1)	68.6 (254)	0.008	69.01
General health	65.4 (20.5)	63.3 (21.3)	0.312	63.19
Vitality	58.5 (17.7)	56.2 (19.2)	0.278	57.98
Social Functioning	59.6 (25.1)	70.6 (23.2)	0.000	73.89
Role-Emotional Limitation	48.7 (38.5)	68.2 (38.6)	0.000	71.78
Mental Health	56.0 (19.3)	67.8 (17.3)	0.000	62.48

^aValues from the comparisons between T0 and t1. ^b1032 Italian females from the general population [16]

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