Table 2.

QOL scores

QOL scale	No.	Mean	Median	Interquartile range
QLQ-C15-PAL
Global health status/QOL a	217	45.2	50.0	33.3–66.7
Physical functioning b	217	55.5	60.0	26.7–93.3
Emotional functioning b	217	67.5	66.7	50.0–83.3
Fatigue c	216	49.7	44.4	33.3–66.7
Nausea and vomiting c	218	9.0	0.0	0.0–16.7
Pain c	218	54.7	50.0	33.3–83.3
Dyspnea c	218	23.2	16.7	0.0–33.3
Insomniac	218	35.6	33.3	0.0–66.7
Appetite loss c	217	36.4	33.3	0.0–66.7
Constipation c	218	29.8	33.3	0.0–33.3
QLQ-BM22
Painful sites c	214	27.4	26.7	13.3–33.3
Pain characteristics c	217	43.3	44.4	22.2–55.6
Functional interference b	217	56.6	58.3	37.5–75.0
Psychosocial aspects b	218	65.7	66.7	55.6–77.8

QLQ-BM22, QOL Questionnaire Bone Metastases module; QLQ-C15-PAL, QOL Questionnaire Core 15-Palliative; QOL, quality of life.

On a scale of 0–100, higher scores for the global health status/QOL scale and functional scales indicate better QOL, while higher scores for the symptom scales indicate more severe symptom and worse QOL.

^aA global health status/QOL scale.

^bA functional scale.

^cA symptom scale.