Fig. 1: Forest plot of the univariate analysis for the EORTC OUT-PATSAT 35 score distribution by different characteristic factors.

For each factors’ category, the point estimate of the mean score is represented by a bullet, and the vertical line represents the 2.5–97.5% CI of the score in that category. Within each factor, potential differences in mean score are tested using Student’s t test, setting the mean score in the first category as a reference (r). We report the corresponding p value above the boxplots for other groups. For readability, p values were coded as * for p values in (0.05, 0.01), ** for p values in (0.01, 0.001) and *** for p values.