Table 5.
Percentage of patients reporting specific levels of distress or dysfunction.
| Baseline n = 106 |
1 month n = 98 |
3 months n = 97 |
6 months n = 101 |
9 months n = 92 |
12 months n = 95 |
18 months n = 92 |
24 months n = 97 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urinary function | ||||||||
| Irritation or obstruction | ||||||||
| Dysuriaa | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Hematuriaa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Weak streama | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Frequencya | 12 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
| Incontinence | ||||||||
| Leaking >l time per day | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Frequent dribbling/no control | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Any pad use | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Leaking problema | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Overall urinary problema | 9 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| Bowel function | ||||||||
| Urgencya | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Frequencya | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Fecal incontinencea | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Bloody stoolsa | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Rectal paina | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Overall bowel problema | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
IMRT, intensity-modulated radiation therapy; SBRT, stereotactic body radiation therapy.
aCalculated based on item being “a moderate” or “big problem” on the EPIC QOL survey.