Table 3. FACIT-CCSQ questionnaire assessment in the FACIT-CCSQ set (N=225).
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XELOX group, n=111
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FOLFOX-6 group, n=114
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| FACIT-CCSQ | n | MV (%) | Mean (s.d.) | n | MV (%) | Mean (s.d.) | *P-value |
| Chemotherapy convenience | |||||||
| Baseline | 111 | 0.0 | 54.9 (23.3) | 112 | 1.8 | 53.2 (19.1) | 0.471 |
| C3/C4 | 93 | 0.0 | 74.7 (18.5) | 88 | 0.0 | 63.0 (21.0) | <0.001 |
| C6/C8 | 65 | 1.5 | 73.5 (18.6) | 72 | 0.0 | 65.9 (18.2) | 0.009 |
| Final visit | 61 | 0.0 | 71.9 (19.2) | 63 | 0.0 | 66.2 (18.0) | 0.081 |
| Chemotherapy concerns | |||||||
| Baseline | 111 | 0.0 | 61.4 (19.3) | 113 | 0.9 | 58.9 (19.8) | 0.492 |
| C3/C4 | 93 | 0.0 | 76.3 (19.6) | 88 | 0.0 | 72.7 (20.6) | 0.186 |
| C6/C8 | 66 | 0.0 | 75.3 (19.8) | 72 | 0.0 | 73.9 (17.7) | 0.454 |
| Final visit | 61 | 0.0 | 71.6 (19.7) | 62 | 1.6 | 67.6 (19.9) | 0.289 |
| Chemotherapy satisfaction | |||||||
| Baseline | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| C3/C4 | 84 | 10.7 | 74.1 (21.9) | 79 | 11.4 | 72.0 (20.0) | 0.311 |
| C6/C8 | 63 | 4.8 | 79.4 (19.7) | 66 | 9.1 | 71.2 (18.9) | 0.003 |
| Final visit | 52 | 17.3 | 71.2 (20.5) | 55 | 14.5 | 67.6 (20.2) | 0.296 |
| I worry that my chemotherapy will not be effective (%) | |||||||
| Baseline | 108 | 2.7 | 74.8 (29.3) | 110 | 3.6 | 77.3 (25.7) | 0.707 |
| Final visit | 60 | 1.6 | 73.8 (30.3) | 60 | 5.0 | 76.7 (26.4) | 0.751 |
| My chemotherapy schedule is stressful to my family (%) | |||||||
| Baseline | 110 | 0.9 | 54.5 (29.6) | 114 | 0.0 | 57.0 (28.3) | 0.571 |
| Final visit | 61 | 0.0 | 69.3 (30.1) | 61 | 3.3 | 69.3 (25.2) | 0.703 |
| Within past week | |||||||
| I am content with the quality of my life right now (%) | |||||||
| Baseline | 107 | 3.7 | 52.3 (28.0) | 109 | 4.6 | 50.7 (26.2) | 0.553 |
| Final visit | 58 | 5.2 | 46.1 (28.4) | 59 | 6.8 | 45.3 (23.0) | 0.711 |
| Within past cycle | |||||||
| Hospital visits | |||||||
| Final visit | 39 | 36.1 | 1.9 (4.5) | 40 | 36.5 | 2.1 (4.6) | 0.974 |
| Emergency room admissions | |||||||
| Final visit | 31 | 49.2 | 0.0 (0.0) | 33 | 47.6 | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.000 |
| Physician visits | |||||||
| Final visit | 38 | 60.4 | 0.6 (1.7) | 37 | 41.3 | 0.3 (1.0) | 0.295 |
| Number of days for a usual hospital visit | |||||||
| Final visit | 31 | 49.2 | 3.3 (5.9) | 27 | 57.1 | 5.3 (5.6) | 0.045 |
| Number of hours for a usual emergency room admission | |||||||
| Final visit | 22 | 63.9 | 0.2 (0.9) | 17 | 73.0 | 0.5 (1.5) | 0.426 |
| Number of hours for a usual physician visit within past cycle? | |||||||
| Final visit | 27 | 55.7 | 0.6 (1.0) | 26 | 58.7 | 1.4 (5.9) | 0.407 |
| How many hours have you lost for your work or usual daily activities? | |||||||
| Final visit | 33 | 45.9 | 10.2 (22.6) | 34 | 46.0 | 37.1 (67.9) | 0.007 |
| How many hours have your friends or your family lost for their work or usual daily activities? | |||||||
| Final visit | 36 | 41.0 | 3.1 (4.6) | 32 | 49.2 | 20.0 (53.0) | 0.059 |
Abbreviations: C3, C4, C6, C8=Cycles 3, 4, 6 and 8; CCSQ=Chemotherapy Convenience and Satisfaction Questionnaire; FACIT=Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy; %MV=percentage of missing values.
*P-value: Student's t-test or Wilcoxon test for independent samples. Bold values indicate P<0.05.