Quality of Life Among Polish Patients with Multiple Myeloma: A Cross-Sectional Study

13 November 2025 : Clinical Research

Magdalena Kurek

^{ABCDEF 1}, Tomasz Tatara

^{ADEF 1}, Jakub Świtalski

^{CDEF 2*}, Anna Augustynowicz

^{DE 3,4}, Barbara Łopyta^{DE 5}, Mariusz Gujski

^{DE 1}, Adam Fronczak^{ADEF 6}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.948998

Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e948998

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Table 7 Comparison of patients by sex and quality of life level in individual dimensions.

	Men			Women			P value
	Me	q1	q3	Me	q1	q3	P value
Age	65.5	61	69	67	61	71	0.158
Appetite loss	50	50	66.7	50	33.3	50	0.001
Cognitive functioning	60	46.7	73.3	53.3	41.7	66.7	0.056
Constipation	50	33.3	66.7	50	33.3	66.7	0.253
Diarrhea	66.7	50	83.3	58.3	41.7	75	0.003
Dyspnea	66.7	50	70.8	66.7	33.3	66.7	0.014
Emotional functioning	66.7	50	83.3	66.7	50	83.3	0.442
Fatigue	66.7	33.3	66.7	66.7	44.4	66.7	0.229
Financial difficulties	33.3	16.7	50	50	16.7	66.7	0.033
Global health status	33.3	33.3	66.7	50	33.3	66.7	0.116
Insomnia	33.3	0	66.7	33.3	0	66.7	0.060
Nausea and vomiting	33.3	0	33.3	33.3	0	66.7	0.002
Pain	66.7	33.3	66.7	66.7	33.3	66.7	0.068
Physical functioning	16.7	0	66.7	33.3	0	66.7	0.427
Role functioning	33.3	0	66.7	33.3	0	66.7	0.933
Social functioning	33.3	0	33.3	33.3	33.3	66.7	0.246
Me – median; q1 – quartile 1; q3 – quartile 3.

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