Patients Covered by Private Health Insurance (n=281) | Patients Covered by Public Health Insurance (n=573) | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|
Status of health insurance (%) | 23.9 | 67.1 | |
Age (yrs) | 65.66 | 65.71 | 0.9279 |
Family Status (%) | 0.5472 | ||
Alone | 11.9 | 13.5 | |
not alone | 88.1 | 86 | |
n.s. | - | - | |
Place of Residence (%) | p<0.01 | ||
big city | 33.7 | 23.1 | |
city | 16.8 | 22.8 | |
small town | 25 | 18.2 | |
village | 23.6 | 31.7 | |
n.s. | 1 | 1.1 | |
Number of Children | p<0.01 | ||
0 | 9.05 | 3.08 | |
1 | 20.6 | 31.03 | |
2-3 | 62.31 | 55.9 | |
>3 | 8.04 | 10 | |
Professional Status (%) | p<0.01 | ||
Employed | 34.3 | 18.6 | |
Retired | 64.8 | 78.5 | |
Others | 1 | 2.9 | |
Level of Education (%) | p<0.01 | ||
HEEQ | 65 | 13.3 | |
no HEEQ | 35 | 86.7 | |
Gleason-Score (mean) | 6.34 | 6.19 | 0.1752 |
Prostate volume (cm; mean) | 62.04 | 60.16 | 0.5584 |
Tumor volume (cm; mean) | 5.91 | 5.61 | 0.3367 |
PSA (ng/ml; mean) | 11.58 | 12.17 | 0.3347 |
pT-Stadium | 0.5045 | ||
2 | 57.56 | 62.01 | |
3 | 40.98 | 36.15 | |
4 | 1.46 | 1.85 | |
Tumor Grade (%) | |||
1 | 5.7 | 9.5 | 0.5486 |
2 | 69.4 | 67.6 | |
3 | 24.2 | 22.5 | |
4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |
Physical functioning | 95.41 | 91.01 | p<0.01 |
Role functioning | 92.24 | 90.15 | 0.0505 |
Emotional functioning | 69.18 | 70.18 | 0.5934 |
Cognitive functioning | 86.18 | 84.18 | 0.2274 |
Social functioning | 81.36 | 79.85 | 0.5177 |
Sexual activity | 62.57 | 55.2 | p<0.01 |
HRQoL | 69.91 | 64.14 | p<0.01 |
LUTS (%) | 0.3267 | ||
No | 34.4 | 38.4 | |
yes | 65.6 | 61.6 | |
Bothersome LUTS (%) | p<0.05 | ||
No | 93.5 | 88.4 | |
Yes | 6.6 | 11.64 |