Assessment of the psychosocial and economic impact according to sex in non-small cell lung cancer patients: an exploratory longitudinal study

Table 3 Baseline responses to the study questionnaires: patients

Parameter	Arm A		Arm B		p value^c
	(Male)		(Female)
	(N = 229)		(N = 104)
	n	%	n	%
Family functionality (APGAR)					0.6961
Functional	190	83	86	83
Moderately dysfunctional	10	4	5	5
Severely dysfunctional	2	1	2	2
Missing	27	12	11	10
Partner relationship^a					0.3235
n	137	–	46	–
Improved	37	27	18	39
Worsened	3	2	0	0
Not changed	94	69	28	61
Missing	3	2	0	0
Social support (DUKE)					0.5372
Normal	177	77	85	82
Low	7	3	5	5
Missing	45	20	14	13
Economic situation^b					0.3476
Better	0	0	1	1
The same	121	53	49	47
A little bit worse	55	24	29	28
Much worse	18	8	10	10
Missing	35	15	15	14

^aScore obtained for the question “How has your relationship with your partner changed during the last month?” This item only applies to patients who have a partner (134/157 men who answered that question and 46/63 women who answered that question)
^bScore obtained for the question “Has the disease you suffer from affected your household finances in any way?” This item only applies to patients who have a partner (134/157 men who answered that question and 46/63 women who answered that question)
^cFisher’s exact test

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