Individual quality of life in patients with multiple myeloma

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Table 3 Average relative weights for the main categories

Rank^a	Main category	Mean^b	Median^b	Minimum^c	Maximum^c
1	“Personal social relationships”	41.1 **	40.0	6.0	80.0
2	“Health”	29.3	23.5	2.5	80.0
3	“Other”	22.6	17.0	5.0	32.5
4	“Independence”	21.4	17.5	5.0	75.0
5	“Spirituality”	17.7	17.5	2.5	60.0
6	“Home”	15.8	16.7	5.0	34.0
7	“Leisure”	14.4	12.5	2.0	30.0
8	“Work”	13.5	13.5	5.0	25.0
9	“Financial situation”	13.2	10.0	5.0	44.0
10	“Relation to nature”	10.8	10.0	3.0	20.0

^aAccording to means of relative weights.
^bRounded to one decimal.
^cRelative weights of singular categories, not sum scores.
** Personal social relationships were weighted significantly stronger (p = .006, one-tailed) than health-related aspects by the 46 participants that had named both personal social relationships and health-related aspects as most important for their quality of life.