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Table 2 Functioning and Global quality of life mean scores in groups before and after the intervention (as measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30)

Functioning Scores	Time	Before intervention	After intervention	2 months after intervention	Time	Group	Time/group
	Groups	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD			P
Global health status	Case	63.09 ± 22.69	68.19 ± 19.06	80.0 ± 17.90	*	*	*
	Control	62.16 ± 22.02	61.83 ± 22.02	61.66 ± 21.88	.001	.o37	.001
Physical functioning	Case	79.72 ± 18.55	80.54 ± 17.83	80.81 ± 16.02	.777	.425	*
	Control	83.26 ± 13.41	82.58 ± 13.37	82.27 ± 13.32			.041
Role functioning	Case	85.37 ± 21.95	87.75 ± 18.24	98.63 ± 5.72	*		*
	Control	86.80 ± 19.73	86.45 ± 20.23	85.06 ± 20.69	.001	.208	.001
Cognitive functioning	Case	72.78 ± 23.24	85.71 ± 15.21	97.75 ± 5.52	*	*	*
	Control	70.74 ± 23.20	70.40 ± 23.14	69.38 ± 24.13	.001	.001	.001
Emotional functioning	Case	63.94 ± 29.23	85.37 ± 13.45	97.10 ± 4.97	*	*	*
	Control	61.90 ± 25.45	60.71 ± 24.65	60.20 ± 24.73	.001	.001	.001
Social functioning	Case	81.97 ± 18.89	91.15 ± 13.22	99.65 ± 2.38	*	*	*
	Control	81.97 ± 20.92	80.27 ± 20.032	78.57 ± 22.30	.001	.001	.001

The higher value indicate higher level of functioning and quality of life, min: 0, max: 100

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