Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice

Table 3 Spearman’s Rho (ρ) Rank Correlations between Patient characteristics and pain, quality of life, social support and Wellbeing from April 2012 to July 2015

From: The utility of patient reported data in a gynecologic oncology clinic

		GUPI Symptoms			FACT-G Well-Being
Patient Characteristics		Pelvic Pain	Urinary symptoms	Impact on QoL	Physical Well-Being	Social Well-Being	Emotional Well-Being	Functional Well-Being
Age	Ρ	0.09	−.22^a	−.29^a	.31^a	.23^a	0.09	.23^a
Age	N	135	131	134	146	145	142	141
BMI	Ρ	0.04	−0.13	0.03	0.04	0.04	−0.04	0.09
BMI	N	120	116	119	121	121	118	117
Exercise	Ρ	0.05	−0.03	−.20a	.22^a	0.15	0.02	.23^a
Exercise	N	130	127	129	141	140	137	136
Daily Fruit/ Vegetables	Ρ	0.09	0.04	−.23^c	.22^a	0.02	0.06	0.17
Daily Fruit/ Vegetables	N	127	123	126	127	127	124	124
Support Group	Ρ	0.08	−0.08	−0.01	−0.04	−0.16	−0.18	−0.03
Support Group	N	134	130	133	145	144	141	140
History/Recent Surgery	Ρ	0.05	0.10	.25^a	−.24^a	−0.03	0.04	−0.17
History/Recent Surgery	N	133	129	132	144	143	140	139
1st Chemo	Ρ	0.13	−0.05	.22a	−.27^a	−0.02	0.05	−0.17
1st Chemo	N	108	106	107	119	118	116	115
Recurrent Cancer	Ρ	0.08	0.22	0.16	−.23^a	−0.09	−0.19	−.24^a
Recurrent Cancer	N	108	106	107	119	118	116	115
Remission	Ρ	0.04	−0.16	−.35^a	.46^a	0.10	0.14	.38^a
Remission	N	108	106	107	119	118	116	115
	N	135	131	134	146	145	142	141
	M	8.54	1.46	4.39	20.88	22.84	18.51	19.69
	SD	4.85	1.38	3.44	6.29	5.70	4.35	6.22
	Mdn	9.00	1.00	4.00	23.00	24.50	19.00	20.00

^aSignificant at.05 level after correcting for type I error rate with Holm–Bonferroni method

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