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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2013 Aug 2;21(12):10.1007/s00520-013-1906-4. doi: 10.1007/s00520-013-1906-4

Table 2.

QOL and Treatment Regret Descriptive Statistics at Baseline and 1 Year Post-Surgery

Variable Baseline (N=154)
M (SD) 		1 Year (N=95)
M (SD) 		t p
SF-36
  PCS 51.99 (6.89) 49.82 (9.32) 2.05 0.043
  MSC 53.92 (7.89) 53.99 (7.78) 0.42 0.676
PCQOL
  Sexual Function 235.20 (45.48) 178.91 (43.99) 11.24 <.0001
  Urinary Function 284.15 (24.58) 239.39 (53.0) 8.01 <.0001
  Bowl Function 246.28 (12.58) 243.88 (20.44) 1.27 0.2083
  Cancer Worry 58.08 (31.92) 77.56 (24.45) −7.17 <.0001
Treatment Regret n/a 11.08 (5.81) n/a n/a

Note:Higher scores on the SF-36 Scales indicate better health, higher scores on the Prostate Cancer QOL scales indicate better functioning, and higher Treatment Regret scores indicate greater treatment regret.