Table 6. Mean baseline scores for individual sites of disease showing n, mean and s.d. for extrahepatic, intrahepatic and gallbladder cancer.

Scale	No.	Mean score at baseline	s.d.
Eating scale
Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	78	32.58	27.2
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	73	32.42	25.6
Gallbladder cancer	87	39.94	28.2
Jaundice scale
Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	78	18.37	25.8
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	74	25.97	28.2
Gallbladder cancer	85	30.32	31.8
Tiredness scale
Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	78	58.11	31.3
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	74	55.55	31.4
Gallbladder cancer	83	55.28	31.6
Pain scale
Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	78	30.12	25.0
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	73	34.36	26.4
Gallbladder cancer	85	42.15	31.8
Anxiety scale
Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	78	52.67	26.6
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	71	48.98	26.4
Gallbladder cancer	84	52.9	33.3
Treatment side effects
Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	75	31.55	32.4
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	71	26.76	30.1
Gallbladder cancer	84	35.31	32.3
Drains
Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	73	5.93	17.0
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	70	13.33	26.0
Gallbladder cancer	82	21.13	33.3
Weight loss
Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	78	25.64	28.4
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	73	43.83	38.0
Gallbladder cancer	86	34.88	35.0

Bold shows the only significant differences (both P=0.01).