Table 3.
Quality-of-Life Scores at Each Assessment Point
| Assessment Point | Interval Secondary Cytoreduction | No Interval Secondary Cytoreduction | ||||
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| Mean Score | SD | Mean Score | SD | |||
| Assessment 1, third chemotherapy cycle | ||||||
| No. of patients | 186 | 190 | ||||
| FACT-G | 78.0 | 14.4 | 79.1 | 13.0 | ||
| Physical well-being subscale | 20.8 | 5.8 | 21.0 | 5.3 | ||
| Social well-being subscale | 23.9 | 4.0 | 24.6 | 3.4 | ||
| Emotional well-being subscale | 15.3 | 3.4 | 15.7 | 3.5 | ||
| Functional well-being subscale | 18.0 | 6.0 | 17.8 | 5.3 | ||
| FACT-O subscale | 35.2 | 5.7 | 35.1 | 5.3 | ||
| GOG supplemental questions | 18.2 | 2.0 | 17.7 | 2.4 | ||
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| Assessment 2, sixth chemotherapy cycle | ||||||
| No. of patients | 163 | 186 | ||||
| FACT-G | 77.0 | 14.2 | 77.9 | 14.3 | ||
| Physical well-being subscale | 20.2 | 5.3 | 20.1 | 6.0 | ||
| Social well-being subscale | 23.3 | 4.3 | 23.9 | 3.4 | ||
| Emotional well-being subscale | 15.8 | 3.5 | 15.7 | 3.5 | ||
| Functional well-being subscale | 17.7 | 5.8 | 18.2 | 5.5 | ||
| FACT-O subscale | 35.1 | 5.4 | 35.4 | 6.2 | ||
| GOG supplemental questions | 17.4 | 2.6 | 17.2 | 2.4 | ||
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| Assessment 3, 6 months after starting treatment | ||||||
| No. of patients | 170 | 175 | ||||
| FACT-G | 83.8 | 14.6 | 84.8 | 12.6 | ||
| Physical well-being subscale | 23.0 | 4.7 | 22.9 | 4.4 | ||
| Social well-being subscale | 24.2 | 3.7 | 24.5 | 3.7 | ||
| Emotional well-being subscale | 15.9 | 4.0 | 16.5 | 3.3 | ||
| Functional well-being subscale | 20.6 | 5.8 | 20.8 | 5.2 | ||
| FACT-O subscale | 37.9 | 5.5 | 37.9 | 5.4 | ||
| GOG supplemental questions | 16.5 | 2.8 | 15.9 | 2.8 | ||
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| Assessment 4, 12 months after starting treatment | ||||||
| No. of patients | 144 | 164 | ||||
| FACT-G | 84.7 | 15.1 | 84.0 | 14.6 | ||
| Physical well-being subscale | 23.3 | 5.2 | 22.3 | 6.0 | ||
| Social well-being subscale | 24.2 | 3.9 | 24.1 | 4.1 | ||
| Emotional well-being subscale | 16.2 | 3.7 | 16.5 | 3.2 | ||
| Functional well-being subscale | 21.3 | 5.8 | 20.9 | 6.1 | ||
| FACT-O subscale | 38.3 | 6.0 | 37.7 | 7.1 | ||
| GOG supplemental questions | 17.1 | 2.9 | 16.9 | 2.3 | ||
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; FACT-G, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–General; FACT-O, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Ovarian; GOG, Gynecologic Oncology Group.