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. 2017 Jul 1;8(10):1717–1725. doi: 10.7150/jca.19564

Table 3.

Comparison of inpatient rehabilitation (IR) with control group - no advice (A-), from T0 to T1

IR (n=133) A- (n=82) Bivariate Multivariate
Scales T0 T1 T0 T1 SMD 95%-CI p SMD 95%-CI p R2
SF-36 Physical functioning 36.6
(24.2)
59.4
(23.6)
22.7
(24.2)
51.0
(25.4)
67.2
(20.4)
16.2
(21.2)
0.28 0.01-0.56 0.040 -0.06 -0.33-0.22 0.674 37.0
SF-36 Role physical 22.4
(21.7)
43.1
(23.1)
20.7
(22.6)
34.8
(24.0)
45.1
(22.4)
10.3
(22.0)
0.46 0.19-0.74 0.001 0.20 -0.08-0.47 0.160 31.1
SF-36 Bodily pain 48.4
(30.6)
65.0
(25.9)
16.6
(27.4)
50.9
(26.8)
64.8
(26.9)
13.9
(25.9)
0.10 -0.17-0.37 0.475 0.06 -0.22-0.33 0.683 36.9
SF-36 General health 51.0
(19.1)
56.6
(18.8)
5.6
(16.3)
62.7
(17.8)
62.0
(18.7)
-0.7
(15.2)
0.40 0.12-0.67 0.003 0.07 -0.21-0.34 0.633 27.9
SF-36 Vitality 36.9
(21.3)
52.4
(21.7)
15.5
(20.7)
49.4
(23.9)
54.2
(19.3)
4.7
(19.0)
0.54 0.26-0.81 <0.001 0.28 0.00-0.55 0.047 39.3
SF-36 Social functioning 58.0
(33.5)
73.6
(28.6)
15.6
(36.2)
67.4
(31.9)
71.5
(25.0)
4.1
(30.6)
0.33 0.06-0.61 0.014 0.10 -0.17-0.38 0.458 52.5
SF-36 Role emotional 50.9
(33.6)
64.5
(29.5)
13.6
(34.4)
64.5
(30.6)
67.9
(28.3)
3.4
(36.4)
0.29 0.01-0.57 0.034 0.03 -0.24-0.31 0.824 44.0
SF-36 Mental Health 65.5
(19.7)
73.5
(18.3)
8.0
(18.2)
68.7
(19.6)
72.0
(20.1)
3.3
(15.6)
0.27 0.00-0.55 0.046 0.07 -0.20-0.35 0.601 31.7
SF-36 PCS 32.2
(8.0)
40.0
(8.0)
7.8
(7.9)
36.7
(8.4)
42.2
(7.8)
5.4
(7.0)
0.31 0.03-0.58 0.025 0.05 -0.23-0.32 0.734 34.2
SF-36 MCS 42.9
(12.6)
47.6
(11.9)
4.7
(12.3)
46.9
(12.1)
46.9
(12.4)
0.0
(12.1)
0.38 0.10-0.66 0.005 0.16 -0.11-0.44 0.241 38.7
FACT Physical 15.9
(6.1)
20.3
(5.1)
4.5
(5.5)
18.6
(5.5)
20.8
(5.1)
2.1
(5.4)
0.43 0.15-0.70 0.002 0.13 -0.14-0.41 0.346 40.6
FACT Social 24.3
(3.8)
24.1
(3.7)
-0.1
(2.8)
24.2
(3.5)
24.0
(3.5)
-0.2
(2.9)
0.02 -0.25-0.30 0.876 0.02 -0.25-0.30 0.880 18.5
FACT Emotional 18.7
(4.3)
19.7
(4.0)
0.9
(3.2)
19.7
(3.8)
19.8
(3.6)
0.1
(2.7)
0.26 -0.02-0.54 0.058 0.09 -0.19-0.36 0.536 25.2
FACT Functional 12.9
(6.3)
16.4
(6.1)
3.6
(6.0)
16.0
(5.7)
17.7
(6.1)
1.8
(4.1)
0.33 0.06-0.61 0.015 0.11 -0.16-0.39 0.420 24.2
FACT Total 71.7
(15.0)
80.6
(15.1)
8.8
(13.1)
78.4
(14.5)
82.3
(15.1)
3.9
(10.8)
0.40 0.13-0.68 0.003 0.20 -0.07-0.48 0.150 23.2
FACIT Fatigue 25.1
(12.1)
34.3
(11.5)
9.2
(11.3)
33.2
(11.4)
35.5
(10.1)
2.2
(8.9)
0.66 0.38-0.94 <0.001 0.29 0.01-0.56 0.042 37.3
HADS Anxiety 4.8
(3.2)
4.0
(3.3)
-0.8
(3.2)
4.9
(3.6)
4.5
(3.5)
-0.4
(2.3)
0.14 -0.13-0.42 0.308 0.07 -0.20-0.35 0.601 24.3
HADS Depression 6.8
(4.6)
5.2
(4.5)
-1.6
(3.6)
4.9
(3.6)
4.6
(4.1)
-0.3
(2.9)
0.37 0.10-0.65 0.006 0.15 -0.13-0.42 0.294 20.9

Legend: All values are arithmetic mean, standard deviation in parentheses. SF-36= Short Form Health Short-Form Health Survey Index ranging from 0 = low health to 100 = maximal health, FACT-G = Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy from 0 = low HRQoL to 108 = maximal HRQoL, FACIT-F = Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy Fatigue from 0 = maximal Fatigue to 52 = low Fatigue, HADS = Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale from 0 = no anxiety / depression to 21 = maximal anxiety / depression, n = number of complete data sets, T0 = hospital discharge / beginning of rehabilitation, ∆ = difference (T1-T0), R2 = Explained variance