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Table 5 Means scores of Symptoms of life quality in groups before and after the intervention (as measured by the EORTC-BR23)

From: The effect of peer-led education on the life quality of mastectomy patients referred to breast cancer-clinics in Shiraz, Iran 2009

Symptom Scores

Time

Before intervention

After intervention

2 months after intervention

Time

Group

Time/group

 

Groups

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

  

P

Systemic therapy side effects

Case

21.82 ± 16.46

12.79 ± 10.63

3.67 ± 4.19

*

.185

*

 

Control

16.79 ± 18.87

17.04 ± 19.19

17.29 ± 19.69

.001

 

.001

Breast symptoms

Case

18.87 ± 18.92

18.70 ± 18.90

17.51 ± 19.41

   
 

Control

13.60 ± 15.28

13.94 ± 15.53

14.28 ± 15.77

.404

.209

.032

Arm symptoms

Case

31.97 ± 26.02

31.74 ± 25.15

31.06 ± 24.53

   
 

Control

24.44 ± 18.51

24.88 ± 18.45

24.66 ± 18.55

.532

.120

.246

Upset by hair loss

Case

12.69 ± 19.65

11.11 ± 16.10

9.52 ± 18.68

  

*

 

Control

12.28 ± 25.36

14.03 ± 25.61

15.78 ± 25.74

.992

.665

.049