Table 4.
Dimension | Levela | n | PWB | SWB | EWB | FWB | FACTG | BCS | TOI | FACT-B total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mobility | 1 | 760 | 24.4** | 17.1** | 18.5** | 19.6** | 79.7** | 23.7** | 67.7** | 103.4** |
2 or 3 | 67 | 19.7 | 14.9 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 67.6 | 19.6 | 55.5 | 87.3 | |
Self-care | 1 | 791 | 24.2** | 17.1* | 18.4* | 19.6** | 79.4** | 23.5** | 67.3** | 102.9** |
2 or 3 | 36 | 20.0 | 14.1 | 17.0 | 13.7 | 64.0 | 20.5 | 53.5 | 84.4 | |
Usual activities | 1 | 720 | 24.7** | 17.3** | 18.6** | 20.0** | 80.7** | 23.8** | 68.5** | 104.5** |
2 or 3 | 107 | 19.8 | 14.6 | 16.3 | 14.5 | 65.4 | 20.0 | 54.4 | 85.5 | |
Pain/discomfort | 1 | 467 | 25.4** | 17.5* | 18.9** | 20.4** | 82.3** | 24.4** | 70.2** | 106.7** |
2 or 3 | 360 | 22.2 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 74.1 | 22.0 | 62.1 | 96.0 | |
Anxiety/depression | 1 | 484 | 25.3** | 18.0** | 20.0** | 21.2** | 84.6** | 24.9** | 71.4** | 109.5** |
2 or 3 | 343 | 22.2 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 70.4 | 21.1 | 60 | 91.6 |
FACT-B functional assessment of cancer therapy—Breast cancer, FACT-G functional assessment of cancer therapy—general, PWB physical well-being, FWB functional well-being, EWB emotional well-being, SWB social/family well-being (SWB), BCS breast cancer subscale, TOI Trial outcome index
a1,no problem; 2,moderate problems; 3,extreme problems
* p < 0.05 by Student’s t-test
** p < 0.001 by Student’s t-test