Research Article

Determinants of Quality of Life in Breast Cancer: Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling of Studies

Table 2

Determinants of quality of life in patients with breast cancer by using meta-analytic structural equation modeling.

Construct associationkNWeighted r(95% CI)Q( value)I 2(95% CI)

BMI-PA116676−0.1764 (−0.2725, −0.0768)119.01 (<0.001)92.52 (82.87–97.88)
BMI-Sleep445040.0519 (−0.1342, 0.2345)34.10 (<0.001)95.29 (83.10–99.69)
BMI-Depression815380.1177 (−0.0384, 0.2681)47.08 (<0.001)88.05 (70.87–97.48)
BMI-Stress411057−0.025 (−0.2666, 0.2196)36.93 (<0.001)95.18 (82.80–99.69)
BMI-Fatigue727310.0464 (−0.0756, 0.1669)22.39 (<0.001)86.26 (60.18–98.02)
BMI-QoL532180.0528 (−0.1886, 0.2882)79.10 (<0.001)96.38 (89.26–99.58)
PA-Sleep461580.1384 (0.0971, 0.1791)7.00 (0.0718)40.29 (0.00–99.77)
PA-Depression1212220−0.1278 (−0.331, 0.0867)1725.68 (<0.001)98.96 (97.86–99.64)
PA-Stress911704−0.0801 (−0.2932, 0.1406)110.58 (<0.001)96.73 (92.54–99.18)
PA-Fatigue176140−0.0206 (−0.2084, 0.1580)311.90 (<0.001)97.68 (95.74–99.05)
PA-QoL511920.442 (0.2295, 0.6143)78.23 (<0.001)92.96 (79.77–99.11)
Sleep-Depression14120670.2213 (0.0768, 0.3567)396.47 (<0.001)97.45 (94.64–99.05)
Sleep-Stress54570.2363 (−0.1824, 0.5824)48.23 (<0.001)94.73 (83.68–99.48)
Sleep-Fatigue1217250.1889 (−0.0265, 0.3875)206.05 (<0.001)94.63 (88.76–98.21)
Sleep-QoL32639−0.0626 (−0.4279, 0.3203)49.21 (<0.001)96.57 86.50–99.92)
Depression-Stress812150.6297 (0.4748, 0.7468)67.54 (<0.001)93.25 (84.03–98.54)
Depression-Fatigue1965950.4782 (0.3453, 0.5922)586.48(<0.001)97.34 (95.23–98.83)
Depression-QoL84015−0.3968 (−0.5671, −0.1939)428.91 (<0.001)97.18 (93.38–99.30)
Stress-Fatigue619010.4584 (0.1463, 0.6875)71.33 (<0.001)96.16 (89.62–99.39)
Stress-QoL6792−0.4009 (−0.4658, −0.3318)5.0340 (0.4117)14.31 (0.00–87.02)
Fatigue-QoL73778−0.4304 (−0.7087, −0.0361)665.40 (<0.001)99.13 (97.87–99.82)

QoL, quality of life; BMI, body mass index; PA, physical activity.