Table 5.
Changes in health-related quality of life and symptom burden of included participants who completed the rehabilitation programme (n=93)
| EORTC QLQ-C30 QoL measure |
Baseline | T1 | T2 | T3 | Time effect | Difference between baseline and T1 | Difference between T1 and T3 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p Value | Mean | 95% CI | p Value | Mean | 95% CI | p Value | |
| Physical functioning | 84.4 (16.4) | 85.5 (15.9) | 91.2 (12.5) | 88.9 (13.4) | 0.001 | 0.9 | −2.4 to 4.2 | 0.876 | 4.2 | 1.0 to 7.3 | 0.012 |
| Role functioning | 60.6 (27.9) | 73.3 (25.4) | 83.1 (23.5) | 84.8 (25.7) | 0.000 | 9.7 | 3.6 to 15.9 | 0.005 | 11.5 | 4.3 to 18.8 | 0.003 |
| Cognitive functioning | 80.5 (16.8) | 74.7 (22.5) | 78.7 (21.3) | 78.9 (22.4) | 0.108 | −6.9 | −12.0 to −1.8 | 0.005 | 3.3 | −3.0 to 9.7 | 0.38 |
| Emotional functioning | 74.1 (19.7) | 79.4 (19.6) | 83.6 (18.0) | 83.2 (20.3) | 0.002 | 3.3 | −1.7 to 8.3 | 0.062 | 2.8 | −2.4 to 8.0 | 0.57 |
| Social functioning | 73.1 (23.1) | 76.5 (22.9) | 82.9 (22.0) | 88.5 (20.8) | 0.003 | 1.9 | −2.9 to 6.8 | 0.434 | 11.5 | 5.5 to 17.6 | 0.001 |
| Fatigue | 42.7 (25.3) | 31.8 (21.9) | 23.6 (19.9) | 24.3 (20.8) | 0.000 | −9.2 | −15.1 to −3.4 | 0.005 | −7.8 | −13.7 to −1.9 | 0.015 |
| Nausea | 11.4 (19.8) | 4.9 (16.1) | 1.4 (4.6) | 2.7 (8.9) | 0.012 | −6.1 | −11.5 to −0.6 | 0.011 | −3.3 | −7.9 to 1.2 | 0.31 |
| Pain | 21.8 (25.4) | 17.1 (22.5) | 10.9 (18.4) | 13.0 (17.5) | 0.055 | −3.9 | −9.9 to 2.1 | 0.172 | −4.4 | −9.9 to 1.2 | 0.19 |
| Global health | 66.8 (21.8) | 74.7 (18.5) | 83.3 (16.2) | 82.4 (17.3) | 0.000 | 5.5 | 0.1 to 10.9 | 0.138 | 8.8 | 4.5 to 13.2 | <0.001 |
QOL, quality of life.
Bold values indicate statistical significance.