Impact of Childhood Cancer on Family Functioning and Family Quality of Life in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia

Table 8

Overall scores of family’s quality of life domains correlation with demographic characteristics.

Variable	Mean ± SD	value
Gender
Male	3.7 ± 0.58	0.248
Female	3.6 ± 0.53
Diagnosis
Leukemia	3.8 ± 0.58	0.076
Brain tumor	3.6 ± 0.59
Lymphomas	3.7 ± 0.48
Others	3.4 ± 0.48
Phase of treatment
Completed	4.0 ± 0.29	0.001
Ongoing	3.6 ± 0.55
Not specified	4.1 ± 0.50
Marital status (mother)
Married	3.7 ± 0.52	0.390
Divorced	3.8 ± 0.84
Widow	—
Educational level (mother)
Uneducated	—	0.462
High school or less	3.6 ± 0.53
University degree	3.7 ± 0.59
Postgraduate	3.9 ± 0.69
Employment status (mother)
Unemployed	3.6 ± 0.56	0.184
Employed	3.8 ± 0.55
Retired	3.9 ± 0.01
Marital status (father)
Married	3.7 ± 0.52	0.596
Divorced	3.8 ± 0.79
Widow	—
Educational level (father)
Uneducated	—	0.147
High school or less	3.7 ± 0.56
University degree	3.6 ± 0.54
Postgraduate	4.0 ± 0.56
Employment status (father)
Unemployed	4.2 ± 0.33	0.021
Employed	3.7 ± 0.56
Retired	3.8 ± 0.29