Table 6.

Comparison of quality of life between the PG-TEA and TG-RY Groups 1 year post-surgery

Factor		PG-TEA (N = 43)	TG-RY (N = 80)	t/X2	P
Physical symptom	Esophageal reflux table	2.5 ± 0.4	2.4 ± 0.5	1.893	0.061
	Abdominal Pain Scale	1.5 ± 0.3	1.6 ± 0.3	-1.301	0.196
	Eating-Related Distress Scale	2.5 ± 0.4	2.5 ± 0.4	-0.236	0.813
	Dyspepsia Scale	2.2 ± 0.3	2.3 ± 0.3	-1.110	0.269
	Diarrhea Scale	2.1 ± 0.4	2.5 ± 0.3	-5.110	0.001
	Constipation Scale	2.9 ± 0.6	2.7 ± 0.4	3.476	0.001
	Dumping scale	1.5 ± 0.6	1.8 ± 0.7	-2.330	0.021
	Total Symptoms Scale	2.1 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.2	-0.747	0.457
Condition of life	Weight loss (%)*	-14 ± 1.75	-18 ± 1.19	0.132	0.895
	Food Consumption per Meal*	5.5 ± 0.7	5.4 ± 0.6	0.801	0.425
	The need for extra meals	2.9 ± 0.65	3.26 ± 0.65	-2.893	0.005
	Meal Quality Scale*	3.28 ± 0.3	3.41 ± 0.30	-2.192	0.030
	Working ability	2.07 ± 0.77	2.29 ± 0.64	-1.675	0.097
Quality of life	Unsatisfied with symptoms	2.28 ± 0.93	2.51 ± 0.84	-1.411	0.161
	Dissatisfied with the meal	2.6 ± 0.5	2.7 ± 0.6	-6.33	0.528
	Dissatisfied with work	2.0 ± 0.8	2.3 ± 0.8	-1.81	0.073
	Dissatisfaction with Daily Life Scale	2.3 ± 0.5	2.5 ± 0.4	-2.434	0.016
	General measure of physical health*	71.6 ± 6.1	69.9 ± 4.4	1.75	0.083
	General Measures of Mental Health*	76.5 ± 5.3	75.8 ± 4.5	0.776	0.439

Higher scores on items or subscales with * indicate better conditions. For items or subscales without *, higher scores indicate worse conditions

PG-TEA proximal gastrectomy tubular esophagogastric anastomosis, TG-RY total gastrectomy Roux-en-Y reconstruction