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. 2020 Jul 8;4:54. doi: 10.1186/s41687-020-00220-x

Table 3.

Mean Change in FACT-EGFRI by Patient-Reported Change in Severity and Impact of Skin Symptoms

FACT EGFRI Total Score
Assessment time A lot better A little bit better About the same A little bit worse A lot worse Mean Diff-erencea
Mean N Mean N Mean N Mean N Mean N
Change in SEVERITY of skin symptoms
 Day 8 −0.50 4 0.86 69 −6.36 33 −17.53 11
 Day 15 4.50 2 −1.71 12 0.15 45 −6.96 47 −14.56 16
 Day 22 4.43 14 3.98 18 − 0.18 50 −3.67 36 −1.33 3
 Day 29 5.76 20 3.00 23 0.21 55 −2.03 21 −2.5 2
 Day 36 4.01 16 2.49 28 −0.31 48 0.53 22 −8 1
 Day 43 2.20 17 0.64 19 0.04 54 −4.52 21 −7.25 4
 Mean 4.17 1.32 0.13 −3.84 −8.53 3.18
Change in IMPACT of skin symptoms on daily life
 Day 8 −1.33 3 0.05 84 −9.17 23 −20.5 6
 Day 15 4.5 2 −0.4 10 −1.8 66 −8.73 36 −17.13 8
 Day 22 3.36 14 8.44 9 −0.75 79 −4.91 17 4 2
 Day 29 7.43 14 2.86 21 0.44 70 −2.57 14 −5 2
 Day 36 4.22 16 2.19 18 0.42 70 −1.2 11
 Day 43 1.91 18 1.23 13 −0.7 71 −5.1 10 −7.33 3
 mean 4.28 2.17 −0.39 −5.28 −9.19 3.37

aUnweighted mean difference calculated as the average of the difference between adjacent levels of patient-reported change categories. For instance, for severity, the difference is calculated as: mean of [4.17–1.32,1.32–0.13, 0.13-(−3.84), −3.84-(−8.53)]