Validity and reliability of the Amharic version of supportive care needs survey - short form 34 among cancer patients in Ethiopia

Table 4 Known group validity of SCNS-26 tool in Hawassa comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia, 2019

Variable	Physiological needs		Health system information needs		Physical & daily living needs		Patient care & support needs		Sexuality needs
Variable	Mean rank	P-value	Mean rank	P-value	Mean rank	P-value	Mean rank	P-value	Mean rank	P-value
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age		0.517		0.557		0.441		0.232		0.022 Ҩ
18–64	86.31		86.24		86.46		87.00		87.90
≥ 65	78.18		78.88		76.85		72.03		63.91
Sex		0.899		0.498		0.958		0.291		0.692
Male	86.26		81.45		85.19		79.18		83.52
Female	85.20		87.09		85.62		87.99		86.28
Clinical characteristics
Comorbidity		0.380		0.370		0.976		0.877		0.911
Yes	78.76		78.65		85.27		84.32		86.21
No	87.12		87.15		85.55		85.78		85.33
Type of treatment		0.017 Ҩ		0.003 Ҩ		0.302		0.0001 Ҩ		0.009 Ҩ
Chemotherapy/radiotherapy	90.55		91.71		87.68		94.27		90.12
Hormonal/surgery	69.60		65.95		78.65		57.90		70.95
Stage of cancer		0.386		0.268		0.537		0.759		0.194
Early stage (I-II)	90.04		91.28		82.28		87.10		79.84
Late stage (III-IV)	83.15		82.51		87.17		84.67		88.43

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