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. 2022 Apr 8;7(5):100960. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.100960

Table 3.

Comparison of EORTC QLQ-FA12 scores at all time-points for selected subgroups

Gender
Baseline
1 m
3 m
6 m
12 m
24 m
60 m
F (n=29) M (n=97) P F (n=23) M (n=62) P F (n=19) M (n=77) P F (n=21) M (n=73) P F (n=18) M (n=77) P F (n=17) M (n=67) P F (n=18) M (n=55) P
Physical Fatigue 33 28 .33 62 50 .036 59 59 .73 40 37 .97 22 18 .67 25 22 .58 27 22 .63
Emotional fatigue 38 24 .018 40 22 .041 33 34 .67 27 21 .97 4 10 .25 11 14 .67 23 11 .18
Cognitive Fatigue 26 13 .009 22 11 .10 20 18 .60 17 10 .27 6 8 .87 6 6 .31 17 8 .46
Age
Baseline
1 m
3 m
6 m
12 m
24 m
60 m
≤60 (n=50) >60 (n=76) P ≤60 (n=38) >60 (n=47) P ≤60 (n=37) >60 (n=59) P ≤60 (n=32) >60 (n=62) P ≤60 (n=37) >60 (n=58) P ≤60 (n=33) >60 (n=51) P ≤60 (n=30) >60 (n=43) P
Physical Fatigue 35 25 .021 54 52 .76 60 59 .92 35 39 .63 22 22 .98 22 23 .89 26 21 .46
Emotional fatigue 36 22 .0006 26 28 .78 35 33 1.00 22 22 .87 10 9 .88 13 15 .59 18 11 .41
Cognitive Fatigue 22 11 .009 17 11 .09 19 18 .73 12 10 .45 8 7 .80 6 6 .46 16 7 .16
Karnofsky Performance Score
Baseline
1 m
3 m
6 m
12 m
24 m
60 m
≥90 (n=113) <90 (n=13) P ≥90 (n=80) <90 (n=5) P ≥90¨ (n=88) <90 (n=8) P ≥90 (n=85) <90 (n=8) P ≥90 (n=88) <90 (n=7) P ≥90 (n=78) <90 (n=5) P ≥90 (n=69) <90 (n=4) P
Physical Fatigue 27 48 .011 53 64 .37 59 60 .95 37 50 .22 21 33 .25 22 33 .52 23 28 .42
Emotional fatigue 27 38 .07 26 47 .09 33 37 .86 21 28 .18 9 11 .36 13 11 .55 13 31 .08
Cognitive Fatigue 15 22 .19 13 23 .34 18 21 .77 11 14 .50 8 0 .48 6 0 .68 9 38 .023
Chemotherapy
Baseline
1 m
3 m
6 m
12 m
24 m
60 m
No (n=35) Yes (n=91) P No (n=20) Yes (n=65) P No (n=26) Yes (n=70) P No (n=26) Yes (n=68) P No (n=24) Yes (n=71) P No (n=22) Yes (n=62) P No (n=21) Yes (n=52) P
Physical Fatigue 33 27 .38 53 53 .99 57 60 .82 48 34 .015 27 21 .35 26 22 .61 25 23 1.00
Emotional fatigue 32 26 .54 25 28 .26 34 34 .78 32 18 .014 11 9 .94 19 13 .42 19 12 .35
Cognitive Fatigue 22 13 .15 13 14 .76 16 19 .62 13 11 .39 4 8 .44 10 11 .77 0 2 .74
Change in Fatigue level from Baseline if Non-fatigue (<10) or fatigue present (>10) at baseline
1 m
3 m
6 m
12 m
24 m
60 m
Non-fatigue (n=35) Fatigue present (n=91) P <10 (n=35) >10 (n=91) P <10 (n=35) >10 (n=91) P <10 (n=35) >10 (n=91) P <10 (n=35) >10 (n=91) P <10 (n=35) >10 (n=91) P
Physical Fatigue 44 21 .0014 48 27 .0005 26 6 .005 9 -9 .006 13 -6 .0056 8 -7 .0024
Emotional fatigue 19 -1 .009 29 3 .0002 12 -8 .0038 4 -24 .0006 4 -18 .025 2 -16 .02
Cognitive Fatigue 7 -8 .001 13 -7 .0002 4 -12 <.0001 3 -17 .0014 1 -20 <.0001 10 -20 <.0001

Higher values denote more symptoms; Fisher´s nonparametric permutation test was used to compare continuous variables between groups; Bold values represent 95% significance difference between groups; Abbreviations: m=months after start of treatment; F=Female; M=Male; ≤60=up to 60 years of age at inclusion; >60=more than 60 years of age at inclusion; ≥90=KPS of 90-100; KPS of <90; No= no chemotherapy given; Yes=chemotherapy given