Table 3 The results of the dependent and independent Student’s t-test in the breast cancer (n = 162) and control groups (n = 210) at baseline (T1) and at the 6-month follow-up (T 2)
Variables | Range | BC 1 group mean (SD) | Differences within BC group 3 | C 2 group mean (SD) | Differences within C group 3 | Differences between groups 4 at T1 | Differences between groups 4 at T2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | T1 | T2 | (p value) | T1 | T2 | (p value) | (p value) | (p value) |
EORTCQLQ-C30: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Global quality of life | 0-100 | 58.1(20.1) | 68.7 (18.5) | .000 | 70.1 (21.6) | 72.4 (18.0) | .098 | .000 | .053 |
Functional scales: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Physical | 0-100 | 93.8 (9.6) | 77.4 (16.3) | .000 | 85.5 (12.6) | 85.2 (12.7) | .713 | .000 | .000 |
Role | 0-100 | 94.6 (12.3) | 81.9 (19.3) | .000 | 90.0 (16.4) | 88.2 (16.8) | .160 | .002 | .001 |
Emotional | 0-100 | 55.2 (27.4) | 65.3 (23.8) | .000 | 72.5 (22.8) | 74.0 (21.6) | .335 | .000 | .000 |
Cognitive | 0-100 | 87.9 (15.1) | 83.3 (18.2) | .009 | 82.5 (20.6) | 84.0 (19.2) | .261 | .004 | .716 |
Social | 0-100 | 82.2 (21.3) | 74.8 (24.6) | .001 | 93.7 (14.5) | 93.3 (15.0) | .745 | .000 | .000 |
Symptom scales: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Fatigue | 0-100 | 18.3 (18.4) | 31.6 (23.3) | .000 | 21.0 (16.4) | 22.5 (19.3) | .234 | .130 | .000 |
Nausea/vomiting | 0-100 | 4.2 (9.3) | 7.4 (16.2) | .024 | 3.5 (9.1) | 3.3 (9.7) | .840 | .452 | .005 |
Pain | 0-100 | 15.1 (17.4) | 25.0 (21.9) | .000 | 15.9 (19.9) | 17.2 (19.9) | .342 | .699 | .000 |
Dyspnea | 0-100 | 8.4 (17.1) | 11.3 (17.9) | .090 | 8.1 (16.7) | 9.4 (18.8) | .326 | .848 | .311 |
Insomnia | 0-100 | 22.0 (28.3) | 26.5 (29.7) | .076 | 18.1 (24.6) | 18.6 (24.4) | .788 | .162 | .006 |
Appetite loss | 0-100 | 13.8 (23.1) | 13.7 (24.0) | .990 | 6.8 (15.0) | 7.6 (16.1) | .523 | .001 | .005 |
Constipation | 0-100 | 8.2 (19.0) | 15.2 (25.5) | .001 | 12.8 (21.8) | 12.4 (21.3) | .761 | .030 | .253 |
Diarrhea | 0-100 | 3.3 (11.3) | 3.5 (10.9) | .862 | 3.3 (10.0) | 4.8 (14.1) | .217 | .970 | .347 |
Financial difficulties | 0-100 | 17.7 (29.0) | 37.9 (34.3) | .000 | 10.3 (22.7) | 8.7 (19.4) | .309 | .008 | .000 |
Sense of Coherence | 13-91 | 67.2 (11.3) | 63.1 (13.4) | .000 | 61.9 (14.0) | 62.9 (13.4) | .171 | .000 | .870 |
Spiritual Perspective Scale | 10-60 | 54.5 (4.9) | 51.5 (6.5) | .000 | 49.0 (7.5) | 49.2 (6.9) | .424 | .000 | .001 |
Religious Coping (+) | 7-28 | 24.1 (4.2) | 22.8 (4.3) | .000 | 22.8 (4.3) | 22.9 (4.2) | .684 | .004 | .806 |
Religious Coping (−) | 7-28 | 11.5 (4.7) | 12.0 (4.9) | .135 | 12.3 (4.7) | 12.0 (4.2) | .322 | .072 | .927 |