Individual quality of life in patients with multiple myeloma

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Table 4 Comparison of group results ^a

Main category	Group 1 (n = 30)			Group 2 (n = 34)
	Patients naming at least one aspect	Satisfaction (mean^b)	Weight (mean^b)	Patients naming at least one aspect	Satisfaction (mean^b)	Weight (mean^b)
“Personal social relationships”	29 (96.7%)	80.4	37.0	31 (91.2%)	79.0	45.0
“Health”	26 (86.7%)	63.0	35.5	23 (67.6%)	62.4	22.3
“Leisure”	11 (36.7%)	35.0	11.2	16 (47.1%)	63.1 *^a	16.6
“Independence”	11 (36.7%)	57.3	16.4	8 (23.5%)	59.4	28.3
“Financial situation”	5 (16.7%)	64.2	12.6	12 (35.2%)	68.6	13.4
“Spirituality”	12 (40.0%) *^b	85.8	19.3	5 (14.7%)	53.0	13.7
“Work”	8 (26.7%)	53.1	12.4	8 (23.5%)	57.5	14.5
“Home”	7 (23.3%)	79.4	21.1	6 (17.6%)	80.0	9.7
“Relation to nature”	4 (13.3%)	66.3	10.1	6 (17.6%)	53.3	11.3
“Other”	8 (26.7%)	64.9	21.9	13 (38.2%)	71.9	23.8

^aGroup 1: patients during the first year after diagnosis. Group 2: patients whose diagnosis dated back more than a year.
^bRounded to one decimal.
*^aPatients whose diagnosis dated back more than a year reported significantly higher satisfaction concerning leisure activities than patients during the first year after diagnosis (p = .028, two-tailed).
*^bAspects of the main category ”spirituality” were mentioned significantly more often by patients in the first year after diagnosis (p = .027, two-tailed).