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Table 2 Percentage of patients reporting certain long-term bother (time D) in dependence on pretreatment (time A) or acute (time B and C) bother

From: Consequential late effects after radiotherapy for prostate cancer - a prospective longitudinal quality of life study

 

probability of long-term bother at time D

if bother already present vs. absent at time A/B/C [p-value]

great/moderate bother with:

time A

time B

time C

dripping or leaking urine

6% vs. 8%

n.s.

19% vs. 3%

[0.001]

50% vs. 3%

[<0.001]

pain or burning on urination

0% vs. 6%

n.s.

11% vs. 1%

[0.001]

28% vs. 3%

[<0.001]

waking up to urinate

26% vs. 29%

n.s.

44% vs. 8%

[<0.001]

72% vs. 13%

[<0.001]

urinary function overall

7% vs. 16%

n.s.

24% vs. 5%

[<0.001]

50% vs. 7%

[<0.001]

urgency to have a bowel movement

21% vs. 13%

n.s.

25% vs. 5%

[<0.001]

50% vs. 6%

[<0.001]

losing control of stools

25% vs. 5%

n.s.

25% vs. 1%

[<0.001]

45% vs. 3%

[<0.001]

bloody stools

- vs. 3%*

0% vs. 3%

n.s.

33% vs. 2%

[<0.001]

bowel habits overall

28% vs. 13%

n.s.

34% vs. 3%

[<0.001]

56% vs. 5%

[<0.001]

  1. Example: 56% of patients with great/moderate bother with bowel habits overall at time C report the same bother at time D; 5% of patients without great/moderate bother with bowel habits overall at time C report this bother at time D
  2. n.s. = not significant
  3. *no patients with great/moderate bother with bloody stools at time A