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Table 5 Correlations among absenteeism, presenteeism and quality of life

From: The impact of side effects from outpatient chemotherapy on presenteeism in breast cancer patients: a prospective analysis

Adverse events

Correlation coefficient#

p

Absenteeism versus Presenteeism

0.687

0.001*

Absenteeism versus ΔEQ-5D

0.273

0.258

Absenteeism versus ΔQOL-ACD

−0.528

0.020*

Presenteeism versus ΔEQ-5D

0.169

0.489

Presenteeism versus ΔQOL-ACD

−0.625

0.004*

  1. Absenteeism and presenteeism represent respective rates of labor loss, ΔEQ-5D and ΔQOL-ACD represent respective changes in utility value before and after a course of chemotherapy, and changes in the total QOL-ACD score
  2. #Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, *p < 0.05
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