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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Oct 9;101(2):495–503. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.031

Table 2.

Multivariate Analysis of Main Outcomes at 12 months (N=71)

Outcome Pre
x̄±SD		 Usual Care
(N=33)
12 months
x̄±SD		 x̄1 Pre
x̄±SD		 Intervention
(N=38)
12 months
x̄±SD		 x̄1 p-value
FACT-L
(Range = 0–140; higher = better QOL) 		94.0±2.0 98.7±20.5 98.6 106.4±18.8 126.1±8.2 126.2 <.001
Lung Cancer Subscale2
(Range = 0–32; higher = better QOL) 		23.0±4.7 23.6±4.2 23.9 26.4±4.0 29.4±2.1 29.3 <.001
Physical Well Being2
(Range = 0–28; higher = better QOL) 		20.5±6.2 22.2±4.1 22.5 23.0±4.7 25.2±2.3 25.1 .001
Social/Family Well Being2
(Range = 0–28; higher = better QOL) 		19.2±9.0 19.1±9.1 18.3 22.6±6.5 25.6±3.6 26.0 <.001
Emotional Well Being2
(Range = 0–24; higher = better QOL) 		16.9±5.0 19.4±3.6 19.5 18.2±5.2 23.2±1.8 23.1 <.001
Functional Well Being2
(Range = 0–28; higher = better QOL) 		14.4±5.4 14.4±5.1 14.3 16.1±5.3 22.6±2.6 22.7 <.001
FACIT-Sp-12
(Range = 0–48; higher = better spiritual well-being) 		33.5±8.6 32.7±9.5 32.3 39.0±6.9 43.1±6.8 43.3 <.001
Psychological Distress
(Range = 0–10; higher = more distress) 		3.9±2.8 4.0±2.3 3.9 4.1±2.4 1.0±1.4 1.1 <.001
1

Adjusted means

2

Pillai’s Trace Multivariate p value <.001 for group and type of procedure

*

Minimally Invasive Surgery