High experienced continuity in breast cancer care is associated with high health related quality of life

Table 3 Association HRQoL/continuity for patients BCU Arvika and BCU Uppsala 2011–2014

Scales in EORTC QLQ-C30	Difference in HRQoL score between patients with high continuity (score ≥ 75) and patients with low continuity (score ≤ 75) (CI)	p-value¹
Global health status/QoL	9 (1–18)^M	0.03
Role functioning	6 (−5–16)^S	0.27
Emotional functioning	12(3–20)^M	0.006
Cognitive functioning	7 (−2–16)^S	0.11
fatigue^a	11 (2–21)^M	0.02
Pain^a	4 (−8–15)	0.51

CI 95% confidence interval
¹Calculated by linear regression adjusted for site and interaction in between site and high continuity
^SClinical relevance considered to be “Small”, ^MClinical relevance considered to be “Moderate”
^aLow measured score indicates high HRQoL

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