Table 3.

Frequencies of reported problems (%)

	TG				CG
	T0	T1	T2	T3	T0	T1	T2	T3
	n = 67	n = 48	n = 34	n = 34	n = 32	n = 27	n = 26	n = 29
Practical things
Housing	6	4	3	0	9	1	0	3
Insurance/ financial	6	2	3	0	9	7	4	7
Work/ school	2	5	3	9	3	7	8	10
Transportation	11	11	18	17	3	0	0	0
Childcare	2	2	4	0	0	4	4	3
Family Problems
Significant others	8	6	12	9	1	22	20	14
Dealing with children	2	2	3	5	13	4	0	7
Emotional
Concerns	56	49	59	59	66	56	58	52
Fears	62	54	53	78	59	41	50	55
Sadness	53	52	55	64	56	30	38	48
Depression	28	32	29	35	22	19	35	28
Nervousness	40	33	32	35	31	26	42	39
Spirituality
God	5	2	6	4	3	3	0	0
Atheism	5	7	3	9	9	9	0	0
Physical problems
Pain	41	46	31	35	44	41	58	62
Nausea	6	35	28	39	13	19	12	7
Fatigue	55	72	63	83	66	52	62	66
Sleep disorder	37	46	39	39	63	59	58	61
Movement	42	52	47	67	38	48	50	28
Washing/ Bathing	16	17	12	21	3	19	0	0
Appearance	18	23	15	21	22	19	8	10
Breathing	30	34	38	39	28	22	8	31
Mucositis	9	15	9	13	6	7	12	17
Eating	10	40	39	38	6	4	4	0
Digestion	22	27	18	29	19	7	8	17
Constipation	21	27	25	33	16	4	15	21
Diarrhea	11	15	9	17	13	19	4	7
Changes in urination	16	4	12	17	13	19	12	3
Fever	6	4	0	4	0	4	4	7
Itchy skin	20	44	24	52	38	19	27	38
Running nose	20	27	32	39	34	22	15	34
Tingling in hands/ feet	29	33	26	39	38	48	58	55
Edema	25	29	18	17	25	19	23	17
Sexual problems	23	25	26	48	16	22	23	18

Abbreviations: T₀ = before RT, T₁ = 6 weeks after RT, T₂, T₃ = 3, 6 months after RT.