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Table 2 Symptoms in patients on somatostatin analogue treatment for metastatic disease from small-intestinal neuroendocrine tumour EORTC QLQ-C30 values expressed as mean (standard deviation). A higher score (1–100) on functional scales represents a higher level of function, while a higher score (1–100) on symptom scales represents a higher level of symptoms

From: Patient reported symptoms, coping and quality of life during somatostatin analogue treatment for metastatic small- intestinal neuroendocrine tumours

 

Baseline

1-year follow-up

Functional scores

 Global health status

72.5 (20.4)

75.5 (18.7)

 Physical functioning

80.2 (20.6)

82.0 (19.1)

 Role functioning

77.5 (27.9)

78.4 (23.7)

 Emotional functioning

83.1 (21.9)

85.4 (17.3)

 Cognitive functioning

79.0 (19.0)

81.4 (17.3)

 Social functioning

71.4 (25.5)

78.8 (24.6)

 Financial difficulties

5.3 (15.1)

5.6 (14.7)

Symptom scores

 Fatigue

35.3 (23.0)

34.4 (22.1)

 Nausea and vomiting

5.5 (10.3)

4.8 (9.7)

 Pain

22.9 (28.2)

19.3 (25.9)

 Dyspnoea

25.2 (28.9)

22.5 (25.6)

 Insomnia

30.7 (36.5)

25.4 (29.8)

 Appetite loss

9.1 (21.9)

7.0 (20.6)

 Constipation

14.0 (21.9)

10.5 (19.0)

 Diarrhoea

51.5 (32.7)

42.2 (31.7)