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. 2014 Feb 11;9:52. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-9-52

Table 2.

Pre-treatment Quality of Life (QOL) scores

  % Patients (n=228)    
Baseline AUA score
 
 
 
0-7 (Mild)
52.0%
 
 
8-19 (Moderate)
44.5%
 
 
≥ 20 (Severe)
3.5%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Baseline SHIM score
 
 
 
22-25 (No ED)
23.8%
 
 
17-21 (Mild ED)
22.9%
 
 
12-16 (Mild-Moderate ED)
13.9%
 
 
8-11 (Moderate ED)
5.4%
 
 
< 8 (Severe ED)
34.1%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Baseline EPIC-26 summary score
Mean
SD
MID
Urinary domain
89.6
10.92
5.5
Bowel domain
95.1
8.55
4.3
Sexual domain
56.3
28.92
14.5
 
 
 
 
Baseline EPIC-26 bother score
Mean
SD
MID
Urinary domain
80.2
24.45
12.2
Bowel domain
91.4
18.49
9.2
Sexual domain 65.9 34.49 17.2

Abbreviation: AUA American Urological Association symptom scores, SHIM Sexual Health Inventory for Men, EPIC Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite, SD Standard Deviation, MID Minimally Important Difference.