Review Article
Quality of Life in Caregivers of Patients with Brain Tumours: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis
Table 2
Summary of outcome data from included comparative studies using the SF-36 and SF-12 QoL questionnaire with caregivers of brain tumour patients.
| | Outcome measure | Domain | Normative comparator means+ | [22] (n = 100) mean (SD) | [25] (n = 72) mean (SD) | [23] (n = 50) mean (SD) | [26] (n = 45) mean (SD) | [21] (n = 84) mean (SD) |
| | SF-36 | Physical functioning | 84.46 | 92 (14.39) | 93.19 (10.08) | 80.65 (20.96) | | | | Role physical | 78.21 | 76.76 (33.19) | 80.22 (33.29) | 34.78 (39.61) | | Bodily pain | 73.67 | 74.43 (25.06) | 75.10 (22.87) | 59.83 (23.86) | | General health | 65.22 | 68.81 (17.29) | 69.53 (17.92) | 62.28 (22.16) | | Vitality | 61.89 | 50.55 (19.9) | 54.31 (20.68) | 41.43 (21.48) | | Social functioning | 77.43 | 58.66 (26.97) | 62.76 (26.02) | 59.69 (25.68) | | Role emotional | 76.16 | 48.09 (36.79) | 47.88 (35.72) | 28.37 (33.32) | | Mental health | 66.59 | 48.32 (21.56) | 50.72 (22.46) | 44.49 (18.89) |
| | SF-12 | Physical component summary | 49.0 | | | | 48.4 (9.1) | 43.4 (5.1) | | Mental component summary | 52.2 | 42.9 (11.2) | 34.8 (9.2) |
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Higher values represent better QoL; = , = , = . |
