Table 2.
Total sample: descriptive statistics for health-related quality of life of distant metastasis and local/regional metastasis at intake, 5 and 11 weeks
| Local/regional metastasis, mean (SD) |
Distant metastasis, mean (SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Intake (n = 87) | 5 weeks (n = 74) | 11 weeks (n = 66) | Intake (n = 298) | 5 weeks (n = 231) | 11 weeks (n = 204) |
| Physical function | 60.5 (26.2) | 61.8 (26.7) | 64.1 (28.5) | 53.6 (27.5) | 55.8 (27.3) | 54.5 (27.1) |
| CES-D | 17.3 (11.9) | 15.2 (11.5) | 11.3 (8.1) | 14.7 (10.3) | 13.6 (10) | 13.6 (10.3) |
| Anxiety | 38.6 (13.8) | 35.5 (13.3) | 34.3 (11.4) | 35.8 (11.9) | 35.1 (11.3) | 34.6 (11.1) |
| Pain (BPI) | 3.2 (3.1) | 3.1 (3.0) | 2.8 (2.9) | 3.9 (3.1) | 3.9 (3.1) | 3.5 (3.1) |
| Fatigue (BFI) | 5.4 (2.9) | 5.5 (2.9) | 4.8 (3.0) | 5.6 (2.9) | 5.6 (2.9) | 5.4 (3.0) |
| Shortness of breath (FACT-B item) | 3.1 (1.2) | 3.1 (1.1) | 3.3 (1.0) | 3.0 (1.2) | 3.1 (1.1) | 3.0 (1.1) |
| Nausea (FACT-B item) | 2.9 (1.4) | 3.6 (0.8) | 3.7 (0.7) | 3.2 (1.1) | 3.4 (1.0) | 3.4 (1.0) |
| Sleep (FACT-B item) | 2.2 (1.2) | 2.3 (1.1) | 2.4 (1.1) | 2.3 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.1) | 2.4 (1.1) |
| LTQL spiritual subscale | 10.4 (7.0) | 10.4 (7.8) | 9.6 (6.1) | 10.1 (6.6) | 10.1 (6.7) | 10.1 (6.8) |
CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; BPI, Brief Pain Inventory; BFI, Brief Fatigue Inventory; FACT-B, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast Scale-Version 4; LTQL, Long-Term Quality of Life Instrument.