Table 4.

Pre and post RT Quality of Life EORTC scores in breast cancer irradiation

	Mean QLQ-30 scale values before and after RT and for paired difference
	n	Before RT	After RT	Difference	95% CI	P-value
Functional scales
Physical functioning	81	78.5	80.6	2.1	-1.2-5.4	0.20
Role functioning	80	62.3	70.6	8.3	1.3-15.4	0.021
Social functioning	73	70.6	76.3	5.7	0.7-10.7	0.026
Symptom scales
Fatique	73	37.1	31.7	-5.5	-10.0 - -1.0	0.018
Pain	81	24.7	24.3	-0.4	-5.3 - 4.4	0.87
Dyspnoea	79	29.1	28.3	-0.8	-6.9 - 5.3	0.78
Insomnia	81	36.6	41.6	4.9	-1.5 - 11.3	0.13
	Mean QLQ-BR23 scale values before and after RT and for paired difference
	n	Before RT	After RT	Difference	95% CI	P-value
Functional scales
Future perspective	77	44.2	53.7	9.5	3.4-15.6	0.003