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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2007 Oct 15;110(8):1851–1859. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22993

TABLE 5.

Fatigue Levels in Chemotherapy Plus Radiotherapy (CT + RT) Patients and Controls

Controls M (SD) CT + RT patients end of teatment M (SD) P CT + RT patients 2-mo follow-up M (SD) P CT + RT patients 4-mo follow-up M (SD) P CT + RT patients 6-mo follow-up M (SD) P
POMS-F 4.32 (5.10) 7.43 (5.81) <.0001 5.62 (5.45) .05 5.16 (5.10) .14 5.06 (5.62) .27
FSI most 3.85 (2.55) 4.41 (2.72) .20 3.51 (2.77) .36 3.43 (2.70) .31 3.23 (2.82) .13
FSI average 2.40 (1.90) 3.10 (2.16) .02 2.37 (2.11) .99 2.33 (2.04) .97 2.11 (2.24) .39
FSI current 1.55 (1.99) 2.65 (2.51) .0008 2.20 (2.33) .02 1.94 (2.18) .11 1.80 (2.30) .34
FSI days 2.40 (1.85) 4.47 (2.50) <.0001 3.39 (2.57) .001 3.27 (2.65) .003 3.05 (2.59) .03
FSI interference 1.06 (1.33) 1.62 (1.71) .01 1.32 (1.67) .18 1.12 (1.40) .47 1.14 (1.59) .60

POMS-F indicates Profile of Mood States Fatigue Scale; FSI, Fatigue Symptom Inventory.