Table 3.
SF-36 and CASE–Cancer scores by treatment arm*
| Health item | Control (N = 23) | Intervention (N = 27) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Pre–post difference | Mean | SD | Pre–post difference | ||
| Physical functioning | Pre | 79.6 | 16.2 | −16.8 | 75.1 | 26.1 | −19 |
| Post | 62.8 | 23.8 | 56.1 | 32.5 | |||
| Physical role | Pre | 16.3 | 27.8 | +6.9 | 38 | 40.1 | −13.9 |
| Post | 23.2 | 37.7 | 24.1 | 39.5 | |||
| Emotional role | Pre | 47.8 | 44.8 | +13.1 | 70.4 | 42.7 | −14.8 |
| Post | 60.9 | 43.4 | 55.6 | 46.2 | |||
| Vitality | Pre | 48.7 | 21.6 | −8.2 | 56.1 | 20.2 | −21.1 |
| Post | 40.5 | 24.4 | 35 | 22.1 | |||
| Mental health | Pre | 66.8 | 21 | +5.8 | 68.5 | 14.2 | −1.4 |
| Post | 72.6 | 17.1 | 67.1 | 14.2 | |||
| Social functioning | Pre | 76.1 | 21 | −11.4 | 73.1 | 24.9 | −21.2 |
| Post | 64.7 | 24.3 | 51.9 | 25.2 | |||
| Bodily pain | Pre | 54.5 | 22.3 | −2.8 | 63.4 | 29.2 | −11.6 |
| Post | 51.7 | 28.1 | 51.8 | 28.9 | |||
| General health | Pre | 56.2 | 19.2 | −7.1 | 57 | 20.7 | −9.9 |
| Post | 49.1 | 20.1 | 47.1 | 23.5 | |||
| CASE–cancer score | Pre | 45 | 4.4 | +0.3 | 44.1 | 3.9 | −0.5 |
| Post | 45.3 | 2.9 | 43.6 | 4.7 | |||
* CASE = Communication and Attitudinal Self-Efficacy; SD = standard deviation; SF = short form.