Table 2.

Breast cancer patients' pre-diagnosis and follow-ups functioning and global quality of life scores as measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30* (n = 99)

	Baseline assessment	3 months follow-up	18 months follow-up	P
Functioning	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Physical functioning	68.7 (24.9)	66.8 (20.6)	72.6 (19.7)	<0.001
Role functioning	69.7 (27.1)	66.0 (24.5)	69.8 (30.4)	<0.001
Emotional functioning	59.4 (23.5)	61.3 (24.1)	55.5 (27.6)	<0.001
Cognitive functioning	79.4 (20.1)	74.2 (19.2)	74.4 (20.6)	<0.001
Social functioning	85.0 (18.0)	82.5 (20.9)	79.3 (25.5)	<0.001
Global quality of life	59.2 (31.8)	71.3 (25.6)	32.0 (30.2)	<0.001

*The higher values indicate higher level of functioning and quality of life, min: 0, max: 100