Table 3 EORTC QLQ-C30 functional scores by socio-demographic and clinical characteristics among breast cancer patients, at TASH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021

Age

 ≤36

65.5 ± 18.0

72.2 ± 17.9

80.7 ± 25.7

69.6 ± 24.7

80.6 ± 21.8

66.1 ± 28.1

 37–42

66.5 ± 19.8

75.6 ± 17.2

79.6 ± 25.4

74.0 ± 23.7

84.8 ± 22.4

71.0 ± 25.9

 43–50

65.1 ± 17.3

67.1 ± 21.0

78.6 ± 30.4

70.8 ± 30.5

76.7 ± 23.0

65.5 ± 31.3

 > 50

65.3 ± 20.0

64.7 ± 18.6

80.0 ± 26.7

78.6 ± 22.6

67.5 ± 24.4

73.3 ± 27. 8

 p value

0.978

0.007

0.981

 0.218

<  0.001

0.363

Educational status

 No education

67 ± 17.8

65.8 ± 20.1

76.2 ± 28.9

76.7 ± 25.2

72.7 ± 22.9

68.4 ± 30.6

 Primary education

64.7 ± 17.1

65.4 ± 20.1

75.5 ± 28.5

65.8 ± 26.2

75.8 ± 24.1

65.7 ± 26.8

 Secondary education

63.6 ± 19.6

72.8 ± 17.3

80.1 ± 27.2

74.1 ± 26.6

79.5 ± 24.8

68.7 ± 28.9

 Above secondary education

66.5 ± 20.3

76.2 ± 16.5

87.7 ± 20.8

74.4 ± 24.0

82.7 ± 22.3

72.8 ± 26.5

 p value

0.570

0.002

0.055

0.123

0.085

0.627

Occupational status

 House wife

65.4 ± 18.8

66.6 ± 19.5

77.9 ± 27.0

73.1 ± 25.9

75.4 ± 24.0

70.6 ± 26.3

 Government employed

66.0 ± 22.4

75.0 ± 18.9

86.2 ± 25.1

80.7 ± 20.3

83.3 ± 20.2

70.0 ± 30.2

 Farmer

72.7 ± 12.2

64.8 ± 20.6

70.0 ± 30.0

69.3 ± 28.5

71.3 ± 23.8

58.7 ± 37.9

 Merchant

60.6 ± 19.3

77.8 ± 9.0

81.1 ± 21.7

69.4 ± 24.9

81.1 ± 21.7

64.4 ± 22.6

 Daily labourer

62.8 ± 9.4

76.4 ± 13.2

92.3 ± 16.1

72.4 ± 18.1

84.6 ± 20.9

65.4 ± 28.4

 Other

62.3 ± 20.6

80.4 ± 16.1

84.3 ± 32.0

68.1 ± 33.4

80.4 ± 29.0

75.5 ± 28.9

 p value

0.355

0.003

0.098

0.473

0.250

0.384

Residence

 Urban

63.6 ± 19.8

71.2 ± 18.3

80.9 ± 26.6

72.8 ± 24.9

78.1 ± 23.9

70.4 ± 26.6

 Rural

71.0 ± 13.1

65.6 ± 21.0

75.9 ± 27.9

74.6 ± 28.0

75.0 ± 22.7

64.3 ± 33.4

 p value

0.013

0.056

0.225

0.660

0.395

0.160

Marital status

 Single

68.7 ± 21.1

72.7 ± 20.1

78.6 ± 23.1

76.2 ± 25.6

74.6 ± 27.2

69.1 ± 30.4

 Married

66.3 ± 18.5

71.8 ± 19.0

80.6 ± 27.3

71.8 ± 27.0

80.5 ± 23.1

66.7 ± 28.7

 Divorced

61.8 ± 18.5

67.8 ± 19.0

76.0 ± 30.2

70.1 ± 26.7

77.9 ± 21.6

67.2 ± 26.4

 Widowed

64.9 ± 18.3

64.3 ± 18.5

80.4 ± 25.7

78.4 ± 19.8

68.8 ± 23.5

77.2 ± 27.3

 p value

0.520

0.109

0.836

0.377

0.033

0.179

Stage of tumour

 Stage I

69.2 ± 21.1

73.9 ± 20.5

80.4 ± 27.8

69.2 ± 29.5

76.1 ± 27.0

74.6 ± 27.5

 Stage II

65.8 ± 18.2

70.3 ± 17.8

81.8 ± 25.8

74.1 ± 26.8

79.1 ± 21.8

71.5 ± 27.8

 Stage III

65.7 ± 18.8

70.1 ± 18.5

79.9 ± 26.4

74.3 ± 24.5

76.2 ± 23.9

67.9 ± 27.3

 Stage IV

62.0 ± 17.8

64.8 ± 22.9

72.9 ± 31.0

70.3 ± 23.7

77.1 ± 26.0

61.5 ± 32.9

 p value

0.559

0.340

0.463

0.739

0.853

0.265

Comorbidity

 No

66.5 ± 18.4

72.4 ± 17.7

81.0 ± 25.2

74.7 ± 24.6

79.0 ± 22.9

71.1 ± 27.3

 Yes

61.1 ± 19.3

56.9 ± 21.0

73.1 ± 34.1

65.6 ± 30.0

68.8 ± 25.7

58.1 ± 31.7

 P value

0.101

<  0.001

0.092

0.042

0.013

0.009