Table 4 Pre and post RT Quality of Life EORTC scores in breast cancer irradiation
From: Reduction of radiation pneumonitis by V20-constraints in breast cancer
Mean QLQ-30 scale values before and after RT and for paired difference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Before RT | After RT | Difference | 95% CI | P-value | |
Functional scales | ||||||
Physical functioning | 81 | 78.5 | 80.6 | 2.1 | -1.2-5.4 | 0.20 |
Role functioning | 80 | 62.3 | 70.6 | 8.3 | 1.3-15.4 | 0.021 |
Social functioning | 73 | 70.6 | 76.3 | 5.7 | 0.7-10.7 | 0.026 |
Symptom scales | ||||||
Fatique | 73 | 37.1 | 31.7 | -5.5 | -10.0 - -1.0 | 0.018 |
Pain | 81 | 24.7 | 24.3 | -0.4 | -5.3 - 4.4 | 0.87 |
Dyspnoea | 79 | 29.1 | 28.3 | -0.8 | -6.9 - 5.3 | 0.78 |
Insomnia | 81 | 36.6 | 41.6 | 4.9 | -1.5 - 11.3 | 0.13 |
Mean QLQ-BR23 scale values before and after RT and for paired difference | ||||||
n | Before RT | After RT | Difference | 95% CI | P-value | |
Functional scales | ||||||
Future perspective | 77 | 44.2 | 53.7 | 9.5 | 3.4-15.6 | 0.003 |