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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Support Oncol. 2014 Nov;12(11):407–414. doi: 10.12788/jcso.0087

Table 3. Symptom distress, psychological distress, and QoL (N = 19).

Mean Median Range P
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