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Table 7 Responsiveness to change over time in patients who underwent a potential curative therapy, completed the EORTC-QLQ-BLM30 at all time points and had no disease recurrence or progression

From: Validation and reliability of the Dutch version of the EORTC QLQ-BLM30 module for assessing the health-related quality of life of patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer

 

T6wk

T6mo

 

T12mo

 

T24mo

 
 

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

Effect sizec

mean

(SD)

Effect sizec

mean

(SD)

Effect sizec

RC patients (n = 101)

 USa

30.3

20.7

.

.

.

.

.

 

.

.

 

 UPa

.

.

15.1

17.7

.

9.8

12.6

0.35d

8.6

12.8

0.42d

 FWa

47.2

23.0

24.3

20.8

1.05

19.9

16.4

1.25

16.9

18.3

1.39

 BAFa

13.7

18.0

13.8

16.9

−0.01

11.6

15.3

0.12

13.0

14.6

0.04

 BIa

9.2

13.1

23.0

21.7

−0.77

20.4

20.9

−0.63

20.3

19.4

−0.62

 SXb

22.1

20.7

17.4

19.1

0.24

20.8

20.3

0.07

21.4

20.8

0.03

 Sxmena

27.2

27.3

50.8

40.7

−0.68

54.3

40.0

−0.78

50.5

41.7

−0.67

(C) RT patients (n = 56)

 USa

30.9

18.2

27.6

23.0

0.16

19.6

19.8

0.59

24.5

21.7

0.32

 FWa

45.0

26.6

27.5

26.0

0.67

21.8

20.4

0.98

19.1

22.2

1.06

 BAFa

13.1

18.5

13.9

17.7

−0.04

13.9

19.9

−0.04

13.0

15.1

0.01

 BIa

12.5

20.3

7.0

11.7

0.33

7.0

15.0

0.31

8.4

15.4

0.23

 SXb

19.2

23.3

16.7

22.0

0.11

19.6

26.4

−0.02

20.8

22.7

−0.07

 Sxmena

23.7

35.0

29.2

34.1

−0.16

19.6

28.0

0.13

37.6

55.8

−0.30

  1. BAF Bloating and flatulence, BI Body image, (C) RT (Chemo) radiotherapy, FW Future worries, mo Month, RC Radical Cystectomy, SD Standard deviation, SX Sexual functioning, SXmen Sexual problems in men, UP Urostomy problems, US Urinary symptoms; wk. = week
  2. a A higher score on this scale indicates more symptoms, problems or worries
  3. b A higher score on this scale indicates better functioning
  4. c Effect size is mean difference (i.e. between T6wk and time point unless otherwise indicated) divided by the pooled standard deviation
  5. d Effect size is mean difference (i.e. between T6mo and time point) divided by the pooled standard deviation