Table 4.
Postoperative health‐related QOL change
| Author | QOL scale | Arm | QOL score baseline | QOL score at 1 month | QOL score at 3 months | QOL score at 6 months | QOL score at 9 months | QOL score at 12 months | QOL score overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randomized study | |||||||||
| Messer 2014 | FACT‐VCI | RARC/ORC | 119/135 | NR |
126.5/135.5 P = 0.85 |
121.5/126 P = 0.58 |
141.5/127.5 P = 0.63 |
116/129 P = 0.48 |
NR |
| Bochner 2015 | QLQ‐C3 (global QOL) | RARC/ORC | 78/75 | NR |
77/72 P = 0.4 |
76/78 P = 0.5 |
NR | NR | NR |
| Parekh 2018 | FACT‐VCI | RARC/ORC | 120.1/120.9 | NR | 122.8/125.2 | 126.0/127.5 | NR | NR | NR |
| Non‐randomized study | |||||||||
| Aboumohamed 2014 | BCI (urinary/sexual/bowel) |
RARC ORC |
76.2/44.1/83.0 78.9/48.5/83.7 |
77.9/23.8/73.0 72.9/28.8/74.1 |
79.0/22.5/79.7 79.2/40.5/83.4 –/P = 0.08/– |
81.2/28.7/80.4 84.6/35.3/26.3 |
NR |
84.8/28.9/83.2 85.2/36.8/85.4 |
P = 0.11/P = 0.047/P = 0.58 |
| BIS |
RARC ORC |
2.1 2.9 |
4.8 4.9 |
5.8 4.8 |
6.6 3.9 P = 0.24 |
NR |
6.2 5.6 |
P = 0.93 | |
| Li 2016 | BCI (urinary/sexual/bowel) | RARC/ORC | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | P = 0.63/P = 0.37/P = 0.72 |
| Satkunasivam 2016 | BCI (urinary) | RARC/ORC | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 69.5/73.7/P = 0.44 |