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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2013 Oct 21;120(3):442–450. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28437

Table 2.

Change in Fatigue Severity by Fatigue Severity Level at Baseline

A. All patients

Fatigue score
at baseline
No. of
patients
Better No change Worse
0 622 0 (0.0) 439 (70.6) 183 (29.4)
1–3 956 82 (8.6) 542 (56.7) 332 (34.7)
  1 356 0 (0.0) 224 (62.9) 132 (37.1)
  2–3 600 82 (13.7) 318 (53.0) 200 (33.3)
4–6 664 208 (31.3) 308 (46.4) 148 (22.3)
7–10 457 245 (53.6) 186 (40.7) 26 (5.7)
  7–8 301 151 (50.2) 124 (41.2) 26 (8.6)
  9–10 156 94 (60.3) 62 (39.7) 0 (0.0)

Total 2699 535 (19.8) 1475 (54.6) 689 (25.5)
B. Patients with no current therapy

Fatigue score
at baseline
No. of
patients
Better No change Worse
0 230 0 (0.0) 182 (79.1) 48 (20.9)
1–3 222 22 (9.9) 128 (57.7) 72 (32.4)
  1 86 0 (0.0) 56 (65.1) 30 (34.9)
  2–3 136 22 (16.2) 72 (52.9) 42 (30.9)
4–6 135 45 (33.3) 66 (48.9) 24 (17.8)
7–10 88 55 (62.5) 27 (30.7) 6 (6.8)
  7–8 55 31 (56.4) 18 (32.7) 6 (10.9)
  9–10 33 24 (72.7) 9 (27.3) 0 (0.0)

Total 675 122 (18.1) 403 (59.7) 150 (22.2)
C. Patient with current therapy within 1 month

Fatigue score
at baseline
No. of
patients
Better No change Worse
0 104 0(0.0) 55 (52.9) 49 (47.2)
1–3 195 16 (8.2) 88 (45.1) 91 (46.7)
  1 76 0(0.0) 37 (48.7) 39 (51.3)
  2–3 119 16 (13.4) 51 (42.9) 52 (43.7)
4–6 122 31 (25.4) 55 (45.1) 36 (29.5)
7–10 98 58 (59.2) 35 (35.7) 5 (5.1)
  7–8 64 34 (53.1) 25 (39.1) 5 (7.8)
  9–10 34 24 (70.6) 10 (29.4) 0 (0.0)

Total 519 105 (20.2) 233 (44.9) 181 (34.9)
D. Patients with current therapy between 1 month and 1 year

Fatigue score
at baseline
No. of
patients
Better No change Worse
0 173 0(0.0) 112 (64.7) 61 (35.3)
1–3 386 31 (8.0) 224 (58.0) 131 (33.9)
  1 140 0(0.0) 91 (65.0) 49 (35.0)
  2–3 246 31 (12.6) 133 (54.1) 82 (33.3)
4–6 312 98 (31.4) 139 (44.6) 75 (24.0)
7–10 207 94 (45.4) 100 (48.3) 13 (6.3)
  7–8 141 62 (44.0) 66 (46.8) 13 (9.2)
  9–10 66 32 (48.5) 34 (51.5) 0(0.0)

Total 1,078 223 (20.7) 575 (53.3) 280 (26.0)
E. Patients with current therapy beyond 1 year

Fatigue score
at baseline
No. of
patients
Better No change Worse
0 112 0(0.0) 87 (77.7) 25 (22.3)
1–3 151 13 (8.6) 101 (66.9) 37 (24.5)
  1 52 0(0.0) 39 (75.0) 13 (25.0)
  2–3 99 12 (13.1) 62 (62.6) 24 (26.2)
4–6 92 32 (34.8) 47 (51.1) 13 (14.1)
7–10 62 37 (59.7) 23 (37.1) 2 (3.2)
  7–8 39 23 (59.0) 14 (35.9) 2 (5.1)
  9–10 23 14 (60.9) 9 (39.1) 0(0.0)

Total 417 82 (19.7) 258 (61.9) 77 (18.5)

Note: Change in fatigue severity: worse was defined as >=2 point increase; better was defined as >=2 point decrease; no change was defined as <2 points change (either increase or decrease)