Table 4.
Subscales EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BN20 filled in by patient and caregiver; SD = standard deviation; * = p ≤ 0.05, significantly lower compared to healthy controls; ** = p ≤ 0.05, significant difference between patient and caregiver report. For QLQ-BN20 Communication deficit no normative data are available
| Patient report | Caregiver report | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| QLQ-C30 Global health status | 75.17 | 17.00 | 75.47 | 18.68 |
| QLQ-C30 Physical functioning | 76.23* | 25.45 | 72.53 | 27.22 |
| QLQ-C30 Role functioning | 67.14* | 29.29 | 58.93 | 32.62 |
| QLQ-C30 Emotional functioning | 86.23* | 14.36 | 92.20** | 9.76 |
| QLQ-C30 Cognitive functioning | 73.29* | 21.07 | 75.47 | 18.68 |
| QLQ-C30 Social functioning | 70.49* | 24.56 | 67.80 | 28.37 |
| QLQ-BN20 Communication deficit | 18.97 | 21.70 | 19.93 | 26.35 |