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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 Feb;20(2):136–143. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2021.7040

Table 3.

Group Differences in Patient-Reported Outcomes across All Time Points Using Terminal Decline Modeling

Outcome Four Months Prior to Death* Six Months Prior to Death*
Mean 95%CI P Mean 95%CI P
FACT-B 0.386 0.492
 Intervention 97.44 93.65, 101.23 98.17 94.74, 101.61
 Usual Care 95.11 91.54, 98.68 96.48 93.15, 99.81
HADS-Anxiety 0.587 0.429
 Intervention 5.87 4.93, 6.82 5.74 4.87, 6.61
 Usual Care 6.23 5.35, 7.12 6.23 5.41, 7.04
HADS-Depression 0.913 0.761
 Intervention 5.79 5.08, 6.50 5.65 5.00, 6.29
 Usual Care 5.74 5.06, 6.42 5.51 4.88. 6.13
*

Note: We estimated terminal decline and survival distributions with semiparametric models to analyze patient-reported outcomes across all study time points, comparing QOL and symptoms of anxiety and depression between study groups at four and six months prior to death (or prior to date of last follow-up or data cutoff for analysis among those alive). All terminal decline modeling analyses include the patient-reported assessments through week 24 and control for patient age and baseline scores of the outcome variables of interest. FACT-B= Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast; HADS=Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale