Table 2.

Summary of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—General Questions at Baseline

FACT-G and psychological distress tools	All pancreatic patients (n = 42)	Experimental (n = 26)	Control (n = 16)
Lack energy	2.2 (1.0)	2.2 (1.0)	2.2 (0.8)
Have nausea	3.4 (0.9)	3.2 (0.9)	3.6 (0.7)
Trouble meeting family needs	3.1 (1.1)	3.0 (1.2)	3.3 (0.9)
Have pain	2.3 (1.1)	2.1 (1.1)	2.6 (1.2)
Bothered by side effects	3.3 (0.8)	3.4 (0.9)	3.3 (0.9)
Feel ill physically	3.0 (1.0)	2.9 (1.1)	3.2 (0.8)
Forced in bed	3.2 (1.0)	3.1 (1.1)	3.4 (0.8)
Close to friends	3.6 (0.7)	3.5 (0.8)	3.7 (0.7)
Emotional support from family	3.9 (0.4)	3.9 (0.3)	3.8 (0.5)
Support from friends	3.6 (0.7)	3.6 (0.6)	3.6 (0.7)
Family accepted illness	3.6 (0.9)	3.5 (1.0)	3.7 (0.7)
Satisfied with communication about illness	3.7 (0.7)	3.6 (0.8)	3.8 (0.5)
Feel close to partner	3.9 (0.5)	3.9 (0.3)	3.8 (0.7)
Satisfied with sex life	2.1 (1.7)	2.0 (1.7)	2.1 (1.6)
Feel sad	2.5 (1.1)	2.3 (1.2)	2.7 (0.8)
Coping with illness	3.0 (1.1)	2.8 (1.2)	3.3 (0.8)
Losing hope with fighting illness	2.8 (1.2)	2.8 (1.2)	2.8 (1.1)
Feel nervous	2.5 (1.1)	2.4 (1.1)	2.8 (0.9)
Worry about dying	2.4 (1.4)	2.3 (1.6)	2.6 (1.2)
Worry condition will get worse	1.5 (1.3)	1.5 (1.4)	1.6 (1.1)
Able to work	2.5 (1.2)	2.4 (1.3)	2.6 (1.0)
Work is fulfilling	2.6 (1.3)	2.5 (1.3)	2.7 (1.3)
Able to enjoy life	2.6 (1.1)	2.4 (1.1)	2.9 (0.9)
Accepted illness	2.9 (1.2)	2.7 (1.1)	3.1 (1.3)
Sleeping well	2.8 (1.3)	2.5 (1.3)	3.3 (1.1)
Enjoying things for fun	2.5 (1.3)	2.2 (1.5)	2.9 (1.0)
Content with quality of life	2.2 (1.4)	2.0 (1.5)	2.4 (1.2)

Mean (SD) of 27 FACT-G questions scored 0–4.

FACT-G, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—General; SD, standard deviation.