Quality of Life of Cancer Patients during Chemotherapy in Indonesia: A Comparison of EORTC QLQ-C30 and EQ-5D-5L, Based on Patients’ Characteristics

Table 6

The patients’ characteristics related to the EORTC QLQ-C30 and EQ-5D-5L domains.

Patients’ characteristics	EORTC QLQ-C30 ( values)	EQ-5D-5L ( values)
Cancer stages	Physical functions (0.01)	VAS (0.00)
	Social functions (0.18)
Age	Role functions (0.028)
Sex	Role functions (0.003)
	Global health (0.04)
Work	Role functions (0.04)
	Dyspnea (0.003)
Marital status	Role functions (0.002)	VAS (0.004)
	Dyspnea (0.028)
	Global health (0.007)
Salary	Physical functions (0.10)
	Emotional functions (0.04)
	Cognitive functions (0.07)
	Social functions (0.14)

VAS: visual analog scale and statistically significant ( value<0.05).