Quality of life among Saudi cancer survivors: The role of social and demographic factors

Table 2 Univariate analysis of World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF domain scores by demographic and clinical characteristics among Saudi cancer survivors

Variable	Category	Environment mean	Physical health mean	Psychological mean	Social mean	Environment P value	Physical health P value	Psychological P value	Social P value
Age (year)	20-25	3.66	3.04	3.7	3.92	0.73	0.34	0.21	0.29
	26-30	2.88	1.83	1.6	2.67	0.73	0.34	0.21	0.29
	31-35	3.26	2.97	3.62	3	0.73	0.34	0.21	0.29
	36-40	3.07	2.91	3.49	3.16	0.73	0.34	0.21	0.29
	41-45	3.24	3.09	3.77	3.49	0.73	0.34	0.21	0.29
	46-50	3.19	2.95	3.16	3.15	0.73	0.34	0.21	0.29
	51-55	3.19	3.07	3.53	3.78	0.73	0.34	0.21	0.29
	56-60	3.32	3.17	3.59	3.43	0.73	0.34	0.21	0.29
	61 or more	3.53	3.19	3.71	3.56	0.73	0.34	0.21	0.29
Gender	Female	3.29	3.02	3.54	3.36	0.88	0.34	0.68	0.64
	Male	3.31	3.14	3.61	3.45	0.88	0.34	0.68	0.64
Is it your house that you live in?	Rent	3.13	3.06	3.63	3.33	0.09	0.91	0.52	0.61
	Owner	3.39	3.05	3.52	3.42	0.09	0.91	0.52	0.61
Level of education	Bachelor degree	3.15	3.02	3.45	3.28	0.21	0.60	0.44	0.17
	Elementary degree	3.54	3.11	3.73	3.89	0.21	0.60	0.44	0.17
	Post-graduate	3.55	3.16	3.79	3.31	0.21	0.60	0.44	0.17
	Primary degree	3.5	3.5	3.8	4	0.21	0.60	0.44	0.17
	Secondary degree	3.25	2.94	3.47	3.8	0.21	0.60	0.44	0.17
Living status	Urban city	3.32	3.09	3.61	3.43	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.02
	Village	2.69	2.12	2.45	2.42	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.02
Marital status	Divorced	3.16	3.04	3.18	3.5	0.74	0.05	0.16	0.93
	Married	3.33	3.12	3.65	3.4	0.74	0.05	0.16	0.93
	Single	3.25	2.67	3.22	3.28	0.74	0.05	0.16	0.93
	Widow	2.92	2.94	3.6	3.22	0.74	0.05	0.16	0.93
Profession/job	Retired	3.44	3.2	3.61	3.42	0.39	0.04	0.28	0.96
	No job	3.15	2.79	3.29	3.41	0.39	0.04	0.28	0.96
	Working	3.27	3.07	3.62	3.37	0.39	0.04	0.28	0.96
What is the chronic disease that you suffer from?	Cardiovascular/heart disease	3.29	3.1	3.69	3.48	0.80	0.20	0.90	0.92
	Cholesterol	3.43	2.85	3.47	3.43	0.80	0.20	0.90	0.92
	Diabetes	3.15	3.17	3.46	3.45	0.80	0.20	0.90	0.92
	Kidney/renal disease	3.12	3.08	3.3	2.83	0.80	0.20	0.90	0.92
	Nuerlogical disease	3.19	2.81	3.58	3.5	0.80	0.20	0.90	0.92
	Respiratory disease	3.21	2.91	3.51	3.2	0.80	0.20	0.90	0.92
	Hypertension	3.44	3.2	3.73	3.4	0.80	0.20	0.90	0.92
Monthly income (SAR)	1000-5000	3.16	2.93	3.27	3.45	0.06	0.28	0.09	0.64
	11000-15000	3.1	3.02	3.52	3.17	0.06	0.28	0.09	0.64
	16000 or more	3.58	3.19	3.73	3.45	0.06	0.28	0.09	0.64
	6000-10000	3.23	3.04	3.75	3.42	0.06	0.28	0.09	0.64