Table 3. Symptom distress, psychological distress, and QoL (N = 19).
Mean | Median | Range | P | |
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Global Symptom Distress Range, 0-4; higher score = greater symptom distress | ||||
Baseline | 1.90 | 1.93 | 0.8-4.0 | .198 |
6 weeks | 1.62 | 1.60 | 0.4-3.7 | |
12 weeks | 1.69 | 1.60 | .00-1.7 | |
Psychological Distress Range, 0-10; higher score = greater distress | ||||
Baseline | 3.47 | 4.00 | 0-7 | .230 |
6 weeks | 3.05 | 3.00 | 0-8 | |
12 weeks | 2.47 | 2.00 | 0-7 | |
QoL Higher score = better QoL | ||||
Type of well-being | .616 | |||
Physical (range, 0-28) | ||||
Baseline | 23.02 | 25.67 | 9-28 | |
6 weeks | 23.38 | 24.00 | 15-28 | |
12 weeks | 22.82 | 25.00 | 14-28 | |
Emotional (range, 0-24) | .125 | |||
Baseline | 17.62 | 18.00 | 6-24 | |
6 weeks | 19.03 | 20.00 | 6-24 | |
12 weeks | 20.10 | 19.20 | 15-24 | |
Social/familial (range, 0-28) | .430 | |||
Baseline | 21.84 | 24.00 | 10-28 | |
6 weeks | 22.47 | 24.00 | 5-28 | |
12 weeks | 22.16 | 24.00 | 7-28 | |
Functional (range, 0-28) | .211 | |||
Baseline | 15.95 | 15.00 | 9-23 | |
6 weeks | 15.26 | 15.00 | 6-23 | |
12 weeks | 16.58 | 18.00 | 8-24 | |
Spiritual (range, 0-48) | .684 | |||
Baseline | 34.3 | 35.1 | 18-48 | |
6 weeks | 32.2 | 30.6 | 19-48 | |
12 weeks | 33.1 | 34.0 | 15-48 | |
Lung ca symptoms (range, 0-32) | .957 | |||
Baseline | 25.07 | 27.00 | 11-32 | |
6 weeks | 24.83 | 28.28 | 14-32 | |
12 weeks | 24.62 | 26.28 | 16-32 | |
Total FACT-L (range, 0-140) | .692 | |||
Baseline | 103.49 | 111.03 | 68-133 | |
6 weeks | 104.98 | 106.28 | 67-134 | |
12 weeks | 106.28 | 108.00 | 68-131 |
FACT-L, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung; QoL, quality of life