Assessing quality of life using the brief cancer-related worry inventory for gynecological surgery

Table 1 Clinical demographics of the patients

	Total	High BCWI	Low BCWI	P values
	(n = 19)	(n = 7)	(n = 12)
Age (yr)	53.5 ± 12.2	45.4 ± 8.8	58.3 ± 11.7	0.023
Height (cm)	158.9 ± 5.2	160.5 ± 5.2	157.9 ± 5.1	0.313
Body weight (kg)	64.4 ± 14.3	65.9 ± 19.2	63.5 ± 11.5	0.742
BMI	25.4 ± 5.4	25.4 ± 6.9	25.4 ± 4.6	0.996
Pre-BCWI	561.6 ± 367.8	945.7 ± 211.1	337.5 ± 219.9	< 0.001
Affected organ (UB:UN:OV)	10:6:3	3:2:2	7:4:1	0.502
History of surgery (Y:N)	8:11	4:3	4:8	0.311
Spouse (Y:N)	13:6	2:5	11:1	0.004
Child (Y:N)	12:7	2:5	10:2	0.017
Living with family (Y:N)	15:4	5:2	10:2	0.539
Friends (S:M)	9:10	3:4	6:6	0.764

BMI: Body mass index; BCWI: Brief cancer-related worry inventory; UB: Uterine body; UN: Uterine neck; OV: Ovary; Y: Yes; N: No; S: Single; M: Married.

Table 2 Differences between the brief cancer-related worry inventory scores obtained before and after surgery in gynecological cancer patients

	Pre-BCWI	Post-BCWI	P values		Pre-BCWI	Post-BCWI	P values
Total	561.6 ± 367.8	478.4 ± 339.1	0.069	Q8	36.8 ± 34.8	36.3 ± 36.5	0.943
Q1	47.4 ± 36.2	47.9 ± 36.5	0.905	Q9	24.2 ± 31.7	27.9 ± 29.9	0.521
Q2	54.7 ± 36.7	48.9 ± 33.6	0.249	Q10	15.8 ± 25.2	13.7 ± 17.1	0.52
Q3	43.7 ± 31.8	33.2 ± 34.1	0.009	Q11	21.6 ± 30.4	17.4 ± 21.8	0.534
Q4	43.7 ± 30.9	36.8 ± 31.3	0.271	Q12	37.9 ± 34.3	28.4 ± 30.9	0.104
Q5	46.3 ± 34.5	37.9 ± 34.1	0.115	Q13	24.7 ± 34.1	11.6 ± 11.7	0.096
Q6	43.2 ± 31.8	29.4 ± 26.3	0.007	Q14	40.0 ± 35.3	30.0 ± 34.1	0.194
Q7	32.6 ± 31.9	31.6 ± 30.8	0.894	Q15	32.1 ± 31.7	29.5 ± 31.4	0.499

BCWI: Brief cancer-related worry inventory; Q: Question.

Table 3 Clinical comparison between the stable brief cancer-related worry inventory group (n = 13) and the worsening brief cancer-related worry inventory group (n = 6)

	Stable BCWI	Worsening BCWI	P values
	(n = 13)	(n = 6)
Age (yr)	54.8 ± 13.1	50.8 ± 107	0.53
Height (cm)	159.1 ± 6.1	158.7 ± 2.3	0.896
Body weight (kg)	65.5 ± 16.9	61.9 ± 6.6	0.634
BMI	25.8 ± 6.3	24.6 ± 2.7	0.665
Pre-BCWI	623.1 ± 413.8	428.3 ± 211.8	0.296
Affected organ (UB:UN:OV)	8:2:3	2:4:0	0.066
History of surgery (Y:N)	6:7	2:4	0.599
Spouse (Y:N)	7:6	6:0	0.044
Child (Y:N)	6:7	6:0	0.024
Living with family (Y:N)	10:3	5:1	0.75
Friends (S:M)	5:8	4:2	0.252
Operation time (min)	171.1 ± 97.2	305.3 ± 140.5	0.026
Intraoperative Bleeding (mL)	213.5 ± 279.5	649.2 ± 586.5	0.134
Hospital stay (d)	14.1 ± 8.8	19.2 ± 10.3	0.281

BMI: Body mass index; BCWI: Brief cancer-related worry inventory; UB: Uteruine body; UN: Uterine neck; OV: Ovary; Y: Yes; N: No; S: Single; M: Married.

Table 4 Reliability of the brief cancer-related worry inventory

	Pre-Cronbach alpha coefficients	Post-Cronbach alpha coefficients
Future prospects (Q1-Q6)	0.95	0.953
Physical and symptomatic problems (Q7-Q10)	0.713	0.84
Social and interpersonal problems (Q11-Q15)	0.734	0.767
Brief cancer-related worry (total)	0.934	0.944