TABLE 6.
Quality of Life Summary (QoL)*
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| Mean | ± SD | Mean | ± SD | Mean | ± SD | |
| FACT-G: Physical (range, 0–28) (Higher FACT scores signify increased Q0L)* | 21.95 | 5.10 | 23.07 | 4.07 | 22.73 | 6.50 |
| FACT-G: Social (range, 0–28)* | 20.81 | 5.17 | 20.88 | 4.72 | 19.22 | 4.66 |
| FACT-G: Emotional (range, 0–24)* | 17.20 | 5.5 | 15.64 | 4.96 | 17.87 | 5.36 |
| FACT-G: Functional (range, 0–28)* | 15.80 | 6.65 | 16.29 | 5.95 | 16.73 | 6.86 |
| FACT-G: Total (range, 0–108)* | 75.76 | 18.44 | 75.88 | 16.41 | 76.56 | 20.82 |
| Brain Cancer Subscale (range, 0–76)* | 50.29 | 14.58 | 49.96 | 16.10 | 53.53 | 16.59 |
| FACT-Br: Total (range, 1–184)* | 126.05 | 31.80 | 125.84 | 29.52 | 130.09 | 35.62 |
| FACT-Br: TO1 (range, 0–132)* | 88.04 | 24.67 | 89.32 | 22.84 | 93.00 | 27.99 |
| FAC IT-Fatigue Scale (range, 0.52)* | 30.67 | 13.26 | 32.14 | 12.02 | 34.47 | 12.74 |
| FACT-Cog Perceived Cognitive Impairments Subscale (range, 0–72)* | 49.80 | 18.04 | 48.64 | 12.63 | 46.20 | 19.27 |
| FACT-Cog Impact of Perceived Cog Impairment on QoL (range, 0–16)* | 8.33 | 4.61 | 8.36 | 4.43 | 9.13 | 4.97 |
| FACT-Cog Comments From Others Subscale (range, 0–16)* | 12.67 | 4.70 | 13.71 | 3.41 | 13.80 | 4.31 |
| FACT-Cog Perceived Cognitive Abilities Subscale (range, 0–28)* | 15.73 | 7.68 | 14.57 | 66.66 | 15.53 | 7.74 |
| Beck Depression l-ll (range, 0–63) (higher scores signify increased depression)’ | 15.20 | 12.92 | 16.57 | 12.47 | 13.93 | 11.49 |
| Level of Distress† (higher scores signify increased distress)† | 2.21 | 2.39 | 1.46 | 2.47 | 1.80 | 2.65 |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; FACT-G, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy General; FACT-Br, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Brain; FACIT-Fatigue, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue; FACT-Cog, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognition Function.
*
One patient is missing questionnaires at month 2.
†
One patient is missing the distress scale at month 2; 2 patients missing at month 4.