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. 2019 Sep;31(9):600–610. doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2019.05.002

Table 2.

Distribution of bowel and urinary symptoms from the UCLA Prostate Cancer Index questionnaire before radiotherapy and at week 10, and months 6, 12, 18 and 24 from the start of radiotherapy. Bowel symptoms are presented in the rectum volume matched dataset and urinary symptoms in the bladder volume matched dataset

Bowel habits (rectum volume matched dataset) Before radiotherapy
Week 10
6 months
12 months
18 months
24 months
FP
IP
FP
IP
FP
IP
FP
IP
FP
IP
FP
IP
n = 42 n = 42 n = 31 n = 30 n = 40 n = 42 n = 40 n = 40 n = 40 n = 37 n = 40 n = 38
Frequency of rectal urgency
More than once a day 0 2 (5) 6 (19) 1 (3) 4 (10) 2 (5) 0 2 (5) 5 (13) 1 (3) 1 (2) 1 (3)
Once a day 6 (14) 3 (7) 4 (13) 4 (13) 1 (3) 4 (10) 4 (10) 5 (13) 3 (7) 1 (3) 1 (2) 1 (3)
More than once a week 0 1 (2) 3 (10) 2 (7) 5 (12) 5 (12) 0 2 (5) 1 (3) 0 2 (5) 2 (5)
Once a week 2 (5) 2 (5) 3 (10) 6 (20) 3 (7) 6 (14) 4 (10) 1 (3) 2 (5) 5 (14) 3 (8) 5 (13)
Rarely or never 34 (81) 34 (81) 15 (48) 17 (57) 27 (68) 25 (60) 32 (80) 30 (75) 29 (73) 30 (81) 33 (83) 29 (76)
Frequency loose/liquid stools
Never 53 (55) 20 (48) 13 (42) 9 (30) 15 (37) 7 (17) 16 (39) 8 (20) 14 (35) 13 (35) 22 (55) 16 (42)
Rarely 14 (33) 17 (41) 10 (32) 10 (33) 18 (44) 27 (64) 20 (49) 21 (53) 16 (40) 17 (46) 13 (33) 11 (29)
About half the time 4 (10) 3 (7) 7 (23) 9 (30) 5 (12) 4 (10) 2 (5) 8 (20) 6 (15) 4 (11) 4 (10) 6 (16)
Usually 1 (2) 1 (2) 1 (3) 2 (7) 2 (5) 4 (10) 2 (5) 2 (5) 3 (8) 3 (8) 1 (2) 4 (11)
Always 0 1 (2) 0 0 1 (2) 0 1 (2) 1 (3) 1 (3) 0 0 1 (3)
Distress from bowel movements
Severe 1 (2) 0 2 (7) 1 (3) 1 (2) 0 1 (2) 1 (3) 0 0 0 0
Moderate 0 3 (7) 4 (13) 2 (7) 1 (2) 4 (10) 3 (7) 1 (3) 2 (5) 1 (3) 2 (5) 1 (3)
A little 5 (12) 9 (21) 9 (29) 13 (43) 10 (24) 10 (24) 5 (12) 8 (20) 10 (25) 6 (16) 5 (13) 7 (18)
No distress 36 (86) 30 (71) 16 (52) 14 (47) 29 (71) 28 (67) 32 (78) 30 (75) 28 (70) 30 (81) 33 (83) 30 (79)
Crampy pain
Several times a day 0 0 2 (6) 1 (3) 2 (5) 1 (2) 0 2 (5) 1 (2) 0 0 0
Once a day 1 (2) 0 1 (3) 0 0 1 (2) 1 (2) 0 2 (5) 0 1 (2) 0
Several times a week 1 (2) 2 (5) 1 (3) 1 (3) 1 (2) 0 1 (2) 2 (5) 1 (2) 3 (8) 1 (2) 2 (5)
Once a week 5 (12) 2 (5) 1 (3) 1 (3) 1 (2) 2 (5) 0 3 (8) 0 1 (3) 1 (2) 2 (5)
Once this month 1 (2) 4 (10) 1 (3) 3 (10) 3 (7) 9 (21) 3 (7) 5 (13) 1 (2) 2 (5) 4 (10) 1 (3)
Rarely or never 33 (81) 34 (81) 25 (81) 23 (79) 34 (83) 29 (69) 36 (88) 28 (70) 35 (88) 31 (84) 33 (83) 33 (87)
Overall problem of bowel habits
Big 0 1 (2) 1 (3) 1 (3) 1 (2) 0 1 (2) 1 (3) 0 0 0 0
Moderate 1 (2) 1 (2) 4 (13) 1 (3) 1 (2) 3 (7) 3 (7) 3 (8) 2 (5) 1 (3) 1 (2) 0
Small 3 (7) 2 (5) 4 (13) 3 (10) 3 (7) 2 (5) 0 4 (10) 5 (13) 3 (8) 1 (2) 4 (11)
Very small 3 (7) 12 (29) 8 (26) 10 (33) 11 (27) 12 (29) 8 (20) 8 (20) 7 (18) 6 (16) 12 (30) 6 (16)
No problem
35 (83)
26 (62)
14 (45)
15 (50)
25 (61)
25 (60)
29 (71)
24 (60)
26 (65)
27 (73)
26 (65)
28 (74)
Urinary function (bladder volume matched dataset)
n = 45
n = 52
n = 31
n = 35
n = 43
n = 42
n = 44
n = 49
n = 41
n = 44
n = 42
n = 41
Frequency of leaking urine
Everyday 2 (4) 3 (6) 1 (3) 1 (3) 0 2 (5) 2 (5) 5 (10) 1 (2) 2 (5) 0 1 (2)
About once a week 2 (4) 4 (8) 2 (6) 2 (6) 3 (7) 5 (12) 2 (5) 3 (6) 5 (12) 3 (7) 7 (17) 4 (10)
Less than once a week 3 (7) 7 (13) 3 (10) 9 (26) 3 (7) 9 (21) 2 (5) 7 (14) 5 (12) 9 (21) 2 (5) 4 (10)
Not at all 38 (84) 38 (73) 25 (81) 23 (66) 37 (86) 26 (62) 38 (86) 34 (69) 30 (73) 30 (68) 33 (79) 31 (78)
Urinary control
No control whatsoever 0 1 (2) 0 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frequent dribbling 1 (2) 1 (2) 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 0
Occasional dribbling 8 (18) 16 (31) 7 (23) 10 (30) 6 (14) 13 (31) 5 (11) 13 (27) 10 (24) 14 (32) 10 (24) 12 (30)
Total control 36 (80) 34 (65) 24 (78) 23 (70) 36 (84) 28 (67) 39 (89) 35 (71) 31 (76) 30 (68) 32 (76) 28 (70)
Pads or diapers required per day
3 or more pads 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 0
1–2 pads 2 (5) 0 1 (3) 0 0 1 (2) 0 2 (4) 0 0 1 (2) 0
No pads 42 (95) 52 (100) 30 (97) 33 (100) 40 (100) 42 (98) 43 (100) 47 (96) 41 (100) 43 (98) 41 (98) 41 (100)
Dripping urine/wetting pants
No problem 40 (91) 39 (75) 22 (71) 25 (74) 34 (79) 30 (70) 33 (79) 35 (71) 33 (81) 36 (82) 33 (79) 33 (81)
Very small problem 2 (5) 8 (15) 6 (19) 7 (21) 7 (16) 10 (23) 7 (17) 9 (18) 4 (10) 5 (11) 8 (19) 7 (17)
Small problem 1 (2) 2 (4) 2 (6) 1 (3) 2 (5) 1 (2) 2 (5) 4 (8) 3 (7) 3 (7) 0 1 (2)
Moderate problem 1 (2) 0 1 (3) 1 (3) 0 1 (2) 0 1 (2) 1 (2) 0 1 (2) 0
Big problem 0 3 (6) 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urine leakage interfering with sexual activity
No problem 39 (93) 41 (85) 26 (93) 28 (90) 38 (93) 35 (92) 41 (98) 35 (83) 38 (97) 38 (95) 37 (88) 34 (94)
Very small problem 0 2 (4) 1 (4) 3 (10) 1 (2) 0 0 4 (10) 0 0 3 (7) 1 (3)
Small problem 2 (5) 1 (2) 0 0 2 (5) 0 0 1 (2) 0 1 (2) 0 1 (3)
Moderate problem 0 0 1 (4) 0 0 1 (3) 0 2 (5) 0 1 (2) 2 (5) 0
Big problem 1 (2) 4 (8) 0 0 0 2 (5) 1 (2) 0 1 (3) 0 0 0
Overall problem with urinary function
No problem 30 (67) 23 (44) 10 (32) 15 (43) 28 (65) 26 (61) 33 (75) 29 (59) 29 (71) 31 (70) 31 (74) 29 (71)
Very small problem 7 (16) 15 (29) 11 (36) 11 (31) 11 (26) 13 (30) 8 (18) 12 (25) 7 (17) 8 (18) 6 (14) 8 (20)
Small problem 2 (4) 6 (12) 4 (13) 6 (17) 3 (7) 2 (5) 2 (5) 6 (12) 4 (10) 4 (9) 5 (12) 2 (5)
Moderate problem 4 (9) 6 (12) 6 (19) 2 (6) 0 2 (5) 1 (2) 2 (4) 1 (2) 1 (2) 0 2 (5)
Big problem 2 (4) 2 (4) 0 1 (3) 1 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FP, forward planned; IP, inverse planned.