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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 2.
Published in final edited form as: Radiother Oncol. 2016 Jan 2;118(1):99–104. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.12.018

Table 3.

Composite quality of life changes from baseline to year 3

Domain Treatment Baseline Score:
Mean ± SD
Year 3 Score:
Mean ± SD
Change: Baseline to Year 3
(95% C.I.)
p - value Change: Baseline to Year 3
(95% C.I.)
p - value
Bowel QoL Composite 22 Fx 90.0 ± 10.7 86.3 ± 11.1 −4.3 (−7.7, −1.0) 0.013 −1.7 (−4.2, 0.7) 0.169
16 Fx 88.0 ± 14.6 87.7 ± 11.6 1.3 (−4.1, 6.7) 0.622
12 Fx 86.2 ± 14.6 85.4 ± 14.7 −2.9 (−6.9, 1.0) 0.141
Bladder QoL Composite 22 Fx 84.2 ± 9.4 79.5 ± 13.5 −4.8 (−9.8, 0.2) 0.058 −2.8 (−4.8, −0.7) 0.008
16 Fx 84.7 ± 10.1 82.5 ± 10.1 −2.0 (−6.0, 2.1) 0.337
12 Fx 82.7 ± 11.3 81.1 ± 12.2 −2.0 (−5.6, 1.6) 0.281
Erectile Function 22 Fx 15.6 ± 11.7 10.4 ± 10.6 −6.1 (−9.3, −3.0) <0.001 −3.0 (−4.8, −1.1) 0.002
16 Fx 17.6 ± 11.7 13.6 ± 11.7 −1.8 (−5.0, 1.5) 0.28
12 Fx 15.1 ± 11.1 9.6 ± 8.9 −4.2 (−7.2, −1.2) 0.007