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Table 7 Mean values of EORTC QLQ C30 functional scales of breast cancer and colorectal cancer

From: Reliability and validity of a new scale on internal coherence (ICS) of cancer patients

STUDY 2

Quality of Life (EORTC)

 

physical

role

emotional

cognitive

social

Global

Breast cancer group 1 T0

78.75 (26.47)

66.67 (30.21)

54.17 (25.89)

85.42 (19.12)

67.78 (30.52)

60.42 (21.62)

Breast cancer group 1 T1

72.94 (23.27)

55.88 (30.01)

50.00 (21.73)

77.08 (22.27)

56.67 (33.21)

51.56 (22.20)

Breast cancer group 1 T2

76.86 (20.43)

64.71 (33.27)

46.08 (23.59)

68.63 (29.39)

57.84 (33.39)

58.33 (26.19)

Colorectal cancer T0

77.22 (23.42)

58.67 (38.53)

60.33 (26.60)

80.67 (19.65)

62.32 (28.07)

57.00 (22.91)

Colorectal cancer T1

69.07 (25.16)

60.00 (35.35)

63.19 (24.19)

71.33 (24.31)

67.33 (32.80)

54.71 (23.14)

Colorectal cancer T2

75.83 (19.67)

78.26 (27.26)

71.01 (25.85)

79.17 (19.19)

76.09 (25.04)

63.04 (25.48)

p-value T0 vs T1 **

0.008

0.396

0.434

0.013

0.486

0.126

p-value T1 vs T2**

0.024

0.012

0.169

0.303

0.175

0.016

  1. ** Exact Wilcoxon-Test (1-side) used for pooled breast cancer and colorectal cancer and tests T0 (before chemotherapy) vs. T1 (1–5 days after third chemotherapy cycle) and T1 vs. T2 (4 – 8 weeks after the end of chemotherapy). Significant differences (p < 0.05) are presented bold.