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Table 4 Descriptive Baseline Statistics of Scales (N = 272–278)

From: Brief assessment of priority symptoms in hormone refractory prostate cancer: The FACT Advanced Prostate Symptom Index (FAPSI)

Scale/Subscale

Raw Baseline Scores M (SD)

Transformed Scores (0–100) M (SD)

Cronbach's Alpha

   

Baseline

Week 6

Week 12

Week 24

FACT-G total score

84.73 (12.56)

78.46 (11.63)

0.84

0.89

0.88

0.89

Physical Well-being (PWB)

24.35 (3.44)

86.97 (12.30)

0.69

0.82

0.74

0.80

Functional Well-being (FWB)

20.49 (5.53)

73.17 (19.76)

0.85

0.88

0.89

0.88

Social/Family Well-being (SFWB)

21.59 (4.93)

77.11 (17.60)

0.59

0.60

0.68

0.56

Emotional Well-being (EWB)

18.32 (4.18)

76.31 (17.41)

0.72

0.72

0.63

0.74

FACT-P total score

118.59 (17.05)

76.02 (10.93)

0.87

0.91

0.90

0.92

Prostate Cancer Subscale (PCS)

33.91 (6.58)

70.64 (13.72)

0.70

0.79

0.75

0.81

Trial Outcome Index (TOI)

78.73 (12.94)

75.70 (12.44)

0.86

0.91

0.90

0.92

FAPSI-6 (excluding urination items1)

18.38 (3.92)

76.6 (16.35)

0.68

0.80

0.69

0.81

FAPSI-8

24.94 (4.75)

77.94 (14.84)

0.67

0.79

0.74

0.80

  1. 1difficulty urinating, problems with urinating limit activities