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Fear of cancer recurrence and quality of life in early breast cancer survivors: association with clinical and sociodemographic characteristics

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PROMIS scale scores for common functions.
VariableCathegoryNMedian (ICR)P value
Time since diagnosis0,673
≤ 2 years563.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Between 2 and 5 years1283.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
More than 5 years1173.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Age0.007
< 50 years523.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
50 to 65 years1153.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
> 65 years1344.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Educational level< 0.001
Incomplete elementary/secondary education1164.0 (3.0 to 4.0)
High school graduate1553.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
College/university303.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Stage0.956
I/II2423.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
III593.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Breast surgery0.584
Segmental mastectomy1973.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Total mastectomy1043.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Axillary surgery0.987
Sentinel lymph node biopsy1423.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Axillary lymph node dissection1593.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Chemotherapy0.420
No1293.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Yes1723.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Radiation therapy0.708
No443.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Yes2573.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Hormone therapy0.844
No253.0 (2.0 to 4.0)
Yes2763.0 (2.0 to 4.0)

PROMIS, Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Information System. RIC, interquartile range.

Notes: Scores based on the characteristics of the 301 patients. .

Source: Prepared by the authors based on the study results.