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. 2021 Nov 23;106(9):903–908. doi: 10.1159/000520084

Table 3.

Post-VTP QoL outcome of EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-PR25

Post-treatment mean (SD)
EORTC QLQ-C30
Global health status 79.3 (18.1)
Functional scales
 Physical 91.0 (16.5)
 Role 90.3 (19.1)
 Emotion 82.5 (17.9)
 Cognitive 91.9 (14.8)
 Social 87.1 (17.6)
Symptom scales
 Fatigue 18.3 (19.1)
 Nausea and vomiting 1.1 (6.0)
 Pain 11.8 (22.8)
 Dyspnea 10.8 (23.4)
 Insomnia 21.5 (30.5)
 Appetite loss 6.5 (18.1)
 Constipation 5.4 (17.4)
 Diarrhea 6.5 (15.9)
 Financial difficulties 6.5 (20.0)

EORTC QLQ-PR25
Functional scales
 Sexual activity (PRSAC) 50.5 (34.6) (n = 31)
 Sexual functioning (PRSFU) 62.1 (17.4) (n = 20)
Symptom scales
 Urinary symptoms (PRURI) 18.0 (16.1)
 Urinary bother (PRAID) 1.4 (6.5)
 Bowel symptoms (PRBOW) 4.5 (9.8)
 ADT − treatment symptoms (PRHTR) 6.1 (9.8)

DRS, Decisional Regret Scale; VTP, vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy; QoL, quality of life; SD, standard deviation.