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Table 5.

Function subscale and psychometric parameters.

Parameters	Prior treatment	Post treatment	P value^*	P value (Active vs Control)^#
Parameters	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Prior vs Post	Prior	Post
Physical
Active arm	77.69 ± 16.70	85.71 ± 15.39	<0.0001	0.0533	<0.0001
Control arm	74.44 ± 13.21	59.93 ± 15.35	<0.0001	0.0533	<0.0001

Role
Active arm	72.79 ± 24.70	73.54 ± 24.31	0.5000	0.8119	0.6919
Control arm	71.67 ± 23.43	71.39 ± 23.81	>0.9999	0.8119	0.6919

Emotional
Active arm	84.01 ± 20.33	88.61 ± 15.75	0.2633	0.4408	<0.0001
Control arm	83.68 ± 17.36	68.86 ± 19.20	<0.0001	0.4408	<0.0001

Cognitive
Active arm	85.03 ± 18.40	85.03 ± 19.02	>0.9999	0.1862	0.1026
Control arm	81.25 ± 18.07	80.55 ± 17.97	0.5000	0.1862	0.1026

Social
Active arm	77.89 ± 22.15	78.43 ± 21.07	0.7500	0.2452	0.3953
Control arm	82.99 ± 19.90	81.94 ± 19.70	0.5000	0.2452	0.3953

Global
Active arm	46.25 ± 20.85	74.76 ± 20.11	<0.0001	0.0635	<0.0001
Control arm	52.77 ± 22.12	40.49 ± 22.77	<0.0001	0.0635	<0.0001

Fatigue
Active arm	46.48 ± 17.52	20.63 ± 18.14	<0.0001	0.0770	<0.0001
Control arm	39.93 ± 20.59	61.34 ± 25.32	<0.0001	0.0770	<0.0001

Nausea/vomiting
Active arm	24.83 ± 22.08	11.56 ± 26.18	0.0008	0.1460	<0.0001
Control arm	18.63 ± 20.26	31.94 ± 28.94	0.0007	0.1460	<0.0001

Pain
Active arm	31.18 ± 21.21	25.51 ± 27.45	0.0205	0.4413	<0.0001
Control arm	28.82 ± 20.84	47.45 ± 24.55	<0.0001	0.4413	<0.0001

Dyspnea
Active arm	38.09 ± 23.57	27.21 ± 22.23	<0.0001	0.4542	<0.0001
Control arm	34.03 ± 23.31	50.23 ± 26.61	0.0003	0.4542	<0.0001

Insomnia
Active arm	35.37 ± 37.52	30.61 ± 30.30	0.2781	0.2068	0.0772
Control arm	23.84 ± 26.43	43.75 ± 33.09	<0.0001	0.2068	0.0772

Appetite loss
Active arm	29.93 ± 24.76	10.20 ± 20.64	<0.0001	0.4090	<0.0001
Control arm	25.00 ± 24.31	39.58 ± 26.32	<0.0001	0.4090	<0.0001

Constipation
Active arm	23.81 ± 26.35	4.761 ± 11.78	<0.0001	0.1395	<0.0001
Control arm	17.36 ± 27.50	26.16 ± 31.38	0.0097	0.1395	<0.0001

Diarrhea
Active arm	8.843 ± 20.16	12.92 ± 24.36	0.3283	0.7753	0.3014
Control arm	7.870 ± 19.71	7.870 ± 19.71	0.0112	0.7753	0.3014

Financial problems
Active arm	40.14 ± 35.99	21.09 ± 20.06	<0.0001	0.7496	<0.0001
Control arm	38.19 ± 30.74	56.94 ± 27.47	<0.0001	0.7496	<0.0001

^*#

T test was used when data of the two group fit the normal distribution, and Wilcoxon test was used when data didn’t conform to the normal distribution; P < 0 0.05 indicates statistically significant difference.