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. 2020 Jul 27;9(8):2400. doi: 10.3390/jcm9082400

Table 3.

Comparison of QLQ-C30 score according to sensory CIPN and correlation between QLQ-C30 score and QLQ-CIPN20 sensory score. The correlations between the QLQ-C30 score and QLQ-CIPN20 sensory score are presented with the correlation coefficient and significance.

Dimensions QLQ-C30
Scores
QLQ-C30 Scores According to Sensory CIPN Correlations
QLQ-C30 and
Sensory Scores
No Sensory
CIPN
Sensory
CIPN
Effect Size
(95% CI)
Global health status 69.2 ± 20.5 71.6 ± 20.1 63.7 ± 20.4 *** −0.39 (−0.61, −0.18) −0.28 #
Physical functioning 81.7 ± 19.7 84.7 ± 17.8 75.0 ± 22.1 *** −0.50 (−0.71, −0.29) −0.32 #
Role functioning 79.1 ± 28.2 84.2 ± 24.5 67.9 ± 32.3 *** −0.60 (−0.81, −0.38) −0.38 #
Emotional functioning 74.6 ± 25.1 78.8 ± 22.5 65.2 ± 27.8 *** −0.56 (−0.77, −0.34) −0.32 #
Cognitive functioning 77.6 ± 23.5 80.7 ± 21.0 70.7 ± 27.2 *** −0.43 (−0.64, −0.22) −0.22 #
Social functioning 74.3 ± 30.5 78.6 ± 28.2 64.5 ± 33.1 *** −0.47 (−0.69, −0.26) −0.28 #
Fatigue 33.7 ± 27.2 28.3 ± 24.6 45.5 ± 29.0 *** 0.66 (0.44, 0.87) 0.36 #
Nausea and vomiting 6.5 ± 15.7 5.7 ± 14.8 8.4 ± 17.4 0.17 (0.04, 0.38) 0.17 #
Pain 20.5 ± 26.0 14.0 ± 22.2 34.6 ± 28.1 *** 0.85 (0.63, 1.07) 0.42 #
Dyspnea 23.2 ± 28.1 21.0 ± 26.6 28.0 ± 30.8 * 0.25 (0.04, 0.46) 0.18 #
Insomnia 34.8 ± 35.4 29.1 ± 33.4 47.4 ± 36.4 *** 0.53 (0.32, 0.74) 0.28 #
Appetite loss 11.2 ± 23.6 8.9 ± 20.6 16.4 ± 28.5 ** 0.32 (0.11, 0.53) 0.21 #
Constipation 19.3 ± 28.2 17.1 ± 26.8 24.1 ± 30.9 * 0.25 (0.04, 0.46) 0.14 #
Diarrhea 24.2 ± 31.9 20.7 ± 29.5 31.7 ± 35.5 ** 0.35 (0.14, 0.56) 0.23 #
Financial difficulties 9.9 ± 22.2 6.9 ± 17.0 16.5 ± 29.8 ** 0.44 (0.23, 0.65) 0.20 #

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, and *** p < 0.001 for no sensory CIPN vs. sensory CIPN; # p < 0.05.