Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of PRO measures
| Time 1 (baseline) | Time 2 (2-months) | Time 3 (4-months) | Time 4 (6-months) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | |
| FACT-Hep | ||||||||
| Pain | 295 | 8.5 (3.0) | 125 | 8.0 (3.7) | 75 | 8.0 (3.4) | 59 | 8.3 (3.5) |
| PWB | 303 | 21.1 (5.8) | 127 | 18.5 (7.8) | 75 | 18.5 (6.8) | 59 | 20.5 (6.8) |
| SWB | 304 | 22.4 (4.9) | 127 | 18.2 (8.6) | 74 | 19.5 (7.2) | 59 | 21.6 (6.4) |
| EWB | 302 | 16.8 (5.0) | 127 | 15.9 (6.8) | 74 | 16.1 (6.2) | 59 | 18.5 (5.8) |
| FWB | 303 | 16.8 (6.6) | 127 | 16.0 (6.9) | 74 | 16.2 (6.9) | 59 | 18.1 (7.3) |
| FACT-G | 299 | 77.2 (16.6) | 127 | 68.6 (26.6) | 73 | 70.6 (22.5) | 58 | 78.6 (22.4) |
| HCS | 303 | 54.6 (10.7) | 127 | 48.2 (18.3) | 75 | 49.0 (14.8) | 59 | 55.6 (11.6) |
| Total | 298 | 131.6 (25.0) | 127 | 116.8 (43.7) | 73 | 119.5 (36.2) | 58 | 134.2 (32.4) |
| TOI | 301 | 92.5 (20.1) | 127 | 82.7 (30.7) | 74 | 83.7 (25.5) | 59 | 94.2 (23.8) |
| FHSI18 | 304 | 49.6 (12.5) | 127 | 45.8 (16.8) | 75 | 46.0 (15.0) | 59 | 50.9 (14.9) |
| FHSI-DRS | 304 | 39.3 (9.5) | 127 | 36.2 (13.5) | 75 | 36.5 (11.8) | 59 | 40.0 (11.6) |
| FHSI-TSE | 266 | 3.3 (1.1) | 124 | 2.7 (1.4) | 73 | 2.7 (1.2) | 59 | 3.0 (1.2) |
| FHSI-FWB | 303 | 7.0 (3.2) | 127 | 6.9 (3.1) | 74 | 6.8 (3.3) | 59 | 7.9 (3.4) |
| BPI | ||||||||
| Interference | 49 | 4.6 (2.8) | 23 | 4.3 (2.4) | 24 | 4.2 (2.7) | 11 | 4.8 (3.4) |
| Worst pain | 53 | 6.2 (2.7) | 24 | 6.1 (2.5) | 24 | 6.1 (2.8) | 16 | 6.0 (2.7) |
| Least pain | 53 | 3.2 (2.5) | 24 | 2.5 (2.2) | 24 | 2.6 (2.5) | 16 | 3.3 (2.9) |
| Average pain | 53 | 4.9 (2.3) | 24 | 4.4 (2.5) | 24 | 4.3 (2.6) | 15 | 5.2 (2.6) |
| Right now | 53 | 3.6 (3.2) | 24 | 3.4 (3.0) | 24 | 3.1 (2.8) | 16 | 2.9 (3.5) |
Note: FHSI = FACIT Hepatobiliary Symptom Index