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Table 2 Correlations between cancer-specific quality-of-life domain scores by demographic and clinical characteristics of the studied children

From: Evaluation of health-related quality of life and its domains in pediatric patients with cancer

Character

Pain and hurt

Nausea

Procedure anxiety

Treatment anxiety

Worry

Cognitive problems

Communication problems

Perceived physical appearance

TSQL

Coefficient (r)/p-value

Coefficient (r)/p-value

Coefficient (r)/p-value

Coefficient (r)/p-value

Coefficient (r)/p-value

Coefficient (r)/p-value

Coefficient (r)/p-value

Coefficient (r)/p-value

Coefficient (r)/p-value

Age (years)

0.1/0.09

 − 0.02/0.7

0.1/0.3

0.07/0.4

0.04/0.7

0.1/0.08

 − 0.06/0.4

0.009/0.9

0.1/0.2

BMI

 − 0.1/0.3

0.04/0.7

0.1/0.2

 − 0.3/0.01*

0.01/0.9

0.04/0.7

 − 0.1/0.2

0.1/0.4

 − 0.2/0.08

Age at diagnosis

0.01/0.8

0.002/0.9

0.1/0.2

0.08/0.4

0.02/0.8

0.05/0.6

 − 0.05/0.6

0.05/0.6

0.07/0.4

Freq. of visits

 − 0.2/0.01*

0.2/0.03*

 − 0.02/0.8

 − 0.2/0.008*

0.004/0.9

0.01/0.8

 − 0.06/0.5

0.04/0.7

 − 0.1/0.2

Adm. period

0.3/0.001*

 − 0.1/0.1

 − 0.07/0.4

 − 0.05/0.6

 − 0.1/0.06

 − 0.04/0.7

 − 0.18/0.054

0.04/0.6

 − 0.05/0.5

Duration of treatment

0.2/0.01*

 − 0.1/0.2

 − 0.1/0.2

0.08/0.3

 − 0.1/0.02

 − 0.01/0.9

 − 0.01/0.8

 − 0.1/0.2

 − 0.02/0.8

  1. *Significant at the level P<0.05