Table 5 Associations between patient characteristics and THYCA-QOL summary score.

From: Postoperative quality of life in patients treated for thyroid cancer with transoral endoscopic and open surgery

Variables

Univariate

Multivariate

P

β (95% CI)

P

β (95% CI)

Gender

 Female

    

 Male

0.059

-2.64 (-5.36 ~ 0.08)

0.437

-1.15 (-4.04 ~ 1.74)

Surgery

 Open surgery

    

 TOETVA

0.033

-2.91 (-5.56 ~ -0.26)

0.198

-2.06 (-5.18 ~ 1.07)

Type of thyroidectomy

 Partial

    

 Total

0.014

3.56 (0.74 ~ 6.38)

0.083

3.35 (-0.42 ~ 7.12)

Tumor site

 Both right and left

    

 Isthmus

0.131

-4.96 (-11.38 ~ 1.45)

0.140

-4.85 (-11.28 ~ 1.57)

 Left

0.032

-4.30 (-8.20 ~ -0.40)

0.791

-0.64 (-5.36 ~ 4.08)

 Right

0.119

-3.00 (-6.75 ~ 0.75)

0.770

0.69 (-3.91 ~ 5.28)

Marital

 Married/live with partner

    

 Single/widowed

0.096

-3.55 (-7.72 ~ 0.61)

0.467

-1.62 (-5.97 ~ 2.73)

Education

 College and above

    

 Elementary and below

0.211

2.48 (-1.39 ~ 6.35)

0.799

-0.65 (-5.62 ~ 4.32)

 Junior high

0.020

3.89 (0.64 ~ 7.15)

0.235

2.43 (-1.57 ~ 6.43)

 Senior high

0.058

3.72 (-0.11 ~ 7.55)

0.185

2.95 (-1.39 ~ 7.29)

Employment status

 Employed

    

 Retired

0.936

0.15 (-3.51 ~ 3.81)

0.170

-2.98 (-7.23 ~ 1.26)

 Unemployed

0.089

4.84 (-0.71 ~ 10.38)

0.211

3.64 (-2.05 ~ 9.32)

Age

0.096

0.09 (-0.02 ~ 0.20)

0.603

0.04 (-0.11 ~ 0.19)

  1. N = 221; CI confidence interval, THYCA-QOL thyroid cancer-specific quality of life questionnaire, TOETVA transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach. Significant values are in bold.
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