Table 2. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during follow-up of 109 patients after oesophageal cancer surgery.
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Mean baseline score (s.d.)
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Mean score at 4 months follow-up (s.d.)
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Mean score at 7 months follow-up (s.d.)
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Mean score at 13 months follow-up (s.d.)
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| Scale | Standard follow-up | Nurse-led follow-up | P-value | Standard follow-up | Nurse-led follow-up | P-value | Standard follow-up | Nurse-led follow-up | P-value | Standard follow-up | Nurse-led follow-up | P-value |
| EuroQol (100=best) | ||||||||||||
| EQ-5D | 70 (0) | 66 (0) | 0.44 | 79 (0) | 76 (0) | 0.56 | 77 (0) | 76 (0) | 0.96 | 74 (0) | 78 (0) | 0.58 |
| EuroQol VAS scale | 60 (5) | 60 (5) | 0.89 | 69 (5) | 74 (6) | 0.13 | 69 (6) | 74 (6) | 0.12 | 69 (7) | 71 (6) | 0.66 |
| EORTC QLQ-OES18 (0=best) | ||||||||||||
| Dysphagia scale | 17 (7) | 17 (7) | 0.96 | 12 (7) | 11 (7) | 0.83 | 8 (7) | 11 (7) | 0.11 | 11 (9) | 14 (9) | 0.34 |
| Eating scale | 34 (10) | 36 (10) | 0.67 | 28 (10) | 25 (11) | 0.60 | 23 (11) | 24 (11) | 0.82 | 28 (13) | 27 (11) | 0.85 |
| Deglutition scale | 17 (8) | 13 (8) | 0.30 | 14 (9) | 17 (9) | 0.40 | 14 (9) | 14 (9) | 0.99 | 9 (11) | 15 (10) | 0.14 |
| Indigestion scale | −5 (11) | −2 (11) | 0.55 | 1 (11) | 4 (11) | 0.44 | 6 (11) | 4 (12) | 0.67 | 2 (14) | 4 (12) | 0.64 |
| Pain scale | 12 (5) | 10 (5) | 0.60 | 11 (5) | 9 (6) | 0.53 | 15 (6) | 12 (6) | 0.45 | 9 (7) | 9 (6) | 0.88 |
| Single items (0=best) | ||||||||||||
| Having dry mouth | 28 (13) | 33 (14) | 0.42 | 15 (14) | 10 (15) | 0.32 | 17 (15) | 15 (15) | 0.56 | 24 (19) | 17 (16) | 0.22 |
| Troublesome taste | 21 (13) | 26 (12) | 0.29 | 13 (13) | 9 (13) | 0.46 | 11 (14) | 10 (14) | 0.94 | 15 (17) | 7 (14) | 0.16 |
| Troublesome coughing | 33 (13) | 30 (13) | 0.63 | 23 (14) | 16 (14) | 0.17 | 23 (15) | 16 (15) | 0.21 | 21 (19) | 13 (15) | 0.19 |
| Troublesome talking | 22 (12) | 21 (12) | 0.77 | 13 (13) | 8 (13) | 0.38 | 15 (14) | 10 (14) | 0.39 | 13 (17) | 11 (14) | 0.73 |
| EORTC QLQ-C30 | ||||||||||||
| Functional scales (100=best) | ||||||||||||
| Physical functioning | 67 (7) | 64 (7) | 0.44 | 81 (8) | 80 (8) | 0.83 | 82 (8) | 81 (8) | 0.79 | 78 (9) | 82 (8) | 0.45 |
| Role functioning | 46 (15) | 45 (16) | 0.94 | 69 (16) | 70 (16) | 0.84 | 71 (17) | 73 (17) | 0.75 | 69 (20) | 76 (17) | 0.30 |
| Emotional functioning | 79 (10) | 79 (10) | 0.89 | 76 (10) | 83 (11) | 0.13 | 77 (11) | 80 (11) | 0.51 | 79 (12) | 80 (11) | 0.83 |
| Cognitive functioning | 78 (9) | 80 (9) | 0.63 | 83 (10) | 85 (10) | 0.65 | 77 (10) | 84 (10) | 0.12 | 76 (12) | 84 (10) | 0.11 |
| Social functioning | 69 (11) | 74 (11) | 0.23 | 80 (11) | 82 (11) | 0.58 | 80 (12) | 84 (12) | 0.40 | 78 (14) | 85 (12) | 0.15 |
| Global health status | 61 (6) | 61 (7) | 0.85 | 73 (7) | 77 (7) | 0.26 | 72 (7) | 78 (7) | 0.12 | 71 (9) | 73 (7) | 0.49 |
| Symptom scales (0=best) | ||||||||||||
| Fatigue scale | 52 (12) | 53 (12) | 0.78 | 32 (13) | 32 (13) | 0.92 | 34 (13) | 32 (13) | 0.70 | 35 (15) | 27 (13) | 0.14 |
| Nausea/vomiting scale | 22 (9) | 21 (9) | 0.85 | 21 (10) | 13 (10) | 0.07 | 17 (10) | 12 (10) | 0.30 | 17 (12) | 16 (11) | 0.80 |
| Pain scale | 18 (11) | 24 (11) | 0.87 | 13 (11) | 15 (12) | 0.74 | 18 (12) | 18 (12) | 0.78 | 22 (14) | 22 (12) | 0.24 |