Table 4.
Details of scales of quality of life.
| Scale | Domain | N | Sample size | MD | 95% CI | Q-value | I 2 | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG | CG | L | U | |||||||
| EORTC QLQ-C30 | Global health status | 3 | 155 | 152 | 9.61 | 8.44 | 10.78 | 0.66 | 0% | <0.01 |
| Physical functioning | 3 | 155 | 152 | 6.79 | 1.27 | 12.31 | <0.1 | 92% | 0.02 | |
| Pain | 2 | 83 | 80 | −12.05 | −23.84 | −0.26 | <0.1 | 99% | 0.05 | |
| emotional | 2 | 112 | 112 | 6.28 | 4.30 | 8.27 | 0.13 | 56% | <0.01 | |
| cognitive | 2 | 112 | 112 | 5.44 | −5.82 | 16.70 | <0.1 | 97% | 0.34 | |
| insomnia | 1 | 43 | 40 | −10.61 | −13.07 | −8.15 | – | – | <0.01 | |
| Social functioning | 1 | 72 | 72 | 6.63 | 4.89 | 8.37 | – | – | <0.01 | |
| PROSQOL | Pain | 1 | 28 | 25 | 9.05 | 4.19 | 13.91 | – | – | 0.0003 |
| Strength | 1 | 28 | 25 | 4.65 | −1.13 | 10.43 | – | – | 0.11 | |
| Appetite | 1 | 28 | 25 | 7.10 | −0.13 | 14.33 | – | – | 0.05 | |
| Urination | 1 | 28 | 25 | 1.17 | −5.59 | 7.93 | – | – | 0.73 | |
| The degree of fatigue | 1 | 28 | 25 | 3.96 | −3.42 | 11.34 | – | – | 0.29 | |
| Constipation | 1 | 28 | 25 | 3.0 | −3.57 | 9.57 | – | – | 0.37 | |
| Relationship of marriage/family | 1 | 28 | 25 | 0.78 | −5.70 | 7.26 | – | – | 0.81 | |
| Emotional | 1 | 28 | 25 | 6.68 | −1.53 | 14.89 | – | – | 0.11 | |
| General feeling | 1 | 28 | 25 | 10.02 | 3.23 | 16.89 | – | – | 0.004 | |
| KPS | – | 3 | 100 | 100 | 9.85 | 3.18 | 16.52 | 0.03 | 72% | 0.004 |
| ECOG | – | 1 | 30 | 30 | −0.42 | −0.68 | −0.16 | – | – | 0.002 |