Table 4.
Comparisons against the referral population
| Baseline | All cancer patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | SD | mean | SD | pa | |
| Global Health Status Score | 54.8 | 22.9 | 61.3 | 16.8 | 0.0264 |
| Role Functioning Score | 43.2 | 37.8 | 76.7 | 21.5 | 0.001 |
| Physical Functioning Score | 60.8 | 28.1 | 70.5 | 22.4 | 0.031 |
| Emotional Functioning Score | 67.4 | 22.00 | 71.4 | 19.4 | 0.2367 |
| Cognitive Functioning Score | 65.7 | 28.8 | 82.6 | 22.5 | 0.001 |
| Social Functioning Score | 35.9 | 30.9 | 75.00 | 21.4 | 0.001 |
| Fatigue Score | 46.9 | 29.8 | 34.6 | 22.7 | 0.0019 |
| Nausea & Vomiting Score | 79.2 | 24.7 | 9.1 | 14.5 | 0.001 |
| Pain Score | 57.8 | 29.6 | 27.00 | 24,00 | 0.001 |
| Dyspnoea Score | 91.7 | 18.9 | 21.00 | 20.7 | 0.001 |
| Insomnia Score | 57.6 | 31.5 | 28.9 | 28.00 | 0.001 |
| Appetite Loss Score | 53.5 | 37.2 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 0.001 |
| Constipation Score | 72.7 | 34.8 | 17.5 | 24.1 | 0.001 |
| Diarrhoea Score | 72.7 | 34.8 | 9.00 | 18.1 | 0.0001 |
| Financial Difficulties Score | 80.8 | 30.1 | 16.3 | 20.7 | 0.0001 |
aUnpaired T test, two-tailed