Table 5.
Experimental Group Quality of Life Scale: Individual items Across 3 Time Points
| Baseline | 1 month | 3 months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Well-Being | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| 1. Fatigue | 5.29 | 2.79 | 5.26 | 3.22 | 5.22 | 2.64 |
| 3. Aches or pain | 5.56 | 2.71 | 5.71 | 2.96 | 5.78 | 2.86 |
| 4. Sleep changes | 5.44 | 2.78 | 5.26 | 3.29 | 5.31 | 3.00 |
| 5. Weight gain | 5.91 | 3.00 | 5.65 | 2.98 | 4.47 | 2.93 |
| 9. Hot flashes/sweats | 5.68 | 3.39 | 5.68 | 3.26 | 5.47 | 2.89 |
| Psychological Well-Being | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| 11. How difficult is it for you to cope today as a result of your disease? | 4.97 | 2.73 | 4.71 | 3.29 | 4.88 | 2.85 |
| 12. How difficult is it for you to cope today as a result of your treatment? | 4.53 | 2.79 | 4.88 | 2.90 | 4.81 | 2.87 |
| 19. Has your illness or treatment caused changes in your appearance? | 2.94 | 2.81 | 3.91 | 2.78 | 4.59 | 2.76 |
| 20. Has your illness or treatment caused changes in your self-concept? | 3.64 | 2.74 | 4.79 | 2.95 | 5.19 | 2.69 |
| 21. How distressing was your treatment? | 1.79 | 2.43 | 1.53 | 1.78 | 2.06 | 2.34 |
| 22. Time since completion of treatment? | 4.00 | 2.91 | 4.21 | 3.18 | 4.42 | 3.10 |
| 23. How much anxiety do you have? | 5.50 | 3.19 | 4.94 | 3.28 | 5.31 | 3.14 |
| 24. How much depression do you have? | 5.39 | 3.20 | 5.15 | 3.27 | 5.78 | 3.06 |
| 25. How fearful are you of future diagnostic test? | 4.00 | 3.36 | 3.32 | 2.76 | 3.34 | 2.74 |
| 26. How fearful are you of a new cancer | 3.26 | 3.51 | 2.62 | 2.81 | 3.00 | 3.26 |
| 27. How fearful are you of a recurrence of cancer? | 3.22 | 3.32 | 2.76 | 2.87 | 2.87 | 2.99 |
| 28. How fearful are you of a spreading of your cancer? | 3.16 | 3.16 | 3.32 | 3.36 | 2.94 | 3.03 |
| 29. To what degree do you feel your life is back to normal? | 4.09 | 2.60 | 4.26 | 2.56 | 3.59 | 2.47 |
| Social Well-Being | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| 30. How distressing has your illness been for your family? | 2.26 | 2.19 | 1.94 | 1.71 | 1.94 | 1.92 |
| 33. Is your sexuality impacted by your illness? | 5.47 | 4.08 | 5.12 | 3.86 | 4.62 | 3.78 |
| 34. To what degree has your illness and treatment interfered with your employment? | 4.33 | 4.29 | 4.56 | 4.10 | 4.62 | 3.89 |
| 35. To what degree has your illness and treatment interfered with your activities at home? | 4.24 | 2.70 | 4.97 | 2.80 | 5.84 | 2.94 |
| 36. How much isolation do you feel is caused by your illness? | 5.21 | 2.94 | 4.91 | 3.31 | 6.00 | 3.30 |
| 37. How much concern do you have for your daughter(s) or other close female relatives regarding breast cancer? | 2.70 | 3.11 | 2.68 | 3.11 | 3.13 | 3.55 |
| 38. How much financial burden have you incurred as a result of your illness and treatment? | 3.12 | 3.33 | 2.94 | 3.28 | 2.59 | 2.98 |
| Spiritual Well-Being | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| 42. How much uncertainty do you feel about the future? | 3.91 | 3.56 | 2.94 | 2.67 | 3.42 | 2.62 |
(Range = 0–10: 0 = poor QOL to 10 = best QOL).