Table 2.

Relationship between systemic edema and quality of life score at five assessment time points

	Vitality		Physical aspect		Mental aspect		Social aspect		Total QOL score
	Mean (SD)	P-value	Mean (SD)	P-value	Mean (SD)	P-value	Mean (SD)	P-value	Mean (SD)	P-value
Baseline										-
edema	25.28(4.72)	0.987	20.92(3.50)	0.582	18.48(4.31)	0.831	13.96(3.86)	0.718	83.32(15.36)	0.626
no edema	25.25(5.63)		20.25(3.28)		18.17(3.81)		13.42(5.02)		80.67(15.32)
Intermediate period
edema	23.44(5.54)	0.487	19.84(3.59)	0.216	17.88(3.78)	0.621	15.28(3.45)	0.431	81.12(13.66)	0.214
no edema	22.17(4.22)		18.33(2.96)		17.25(3.17)		14.17(4.95)		75.25(12.20)
End of treatment
edema	21.44(5.29)	0.772	18.80(3.81)	0.293	17.92(4.24)	0.259	14.92(4.17)	0.631	77.68(15.46)	0.398
no edema	22.00(5.83)		17.33(4.14)		16.25(3.93)		14.17(4.93)		72.92(16.70)
Post-treatment 1 M
edema	20.75(5.35)	0.521	18.33(4.26)	0.625	16.63(4.60)	0.615	15.04(3.51)	0.888	75.17(13.35)	0.677
no edema	22.00(5.14)		19.09(4.11)		17.45(4.20)		15.27(6.13)		77.36(16.46)
Post-treatment 2 M
edema	22.91(5.46)	0.480	20.00(2.86)	0.306	18.39(3.49)	0.709	14.83(3.50)	0.768	80.13(13.29)	0.643
no edema	24.33(5.81)		21.17(3.66)		18.92(4.66)		14.33(6.37)		82.58(17.29)

Differences between the two groups were compared using the Student’s t-test

1 M 1 month, 2 M 2 months, SD Standard deviation