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Table 5 Results from the Psychological General Well-Being (PGWB) questionnaire in growth hormone sufficient adults who have received a radiation dose towards the basal part of the brain and matched controls 5

From: Compromised quality of life in adult patients who have received a radiation dose towards the basal part of the brain. A case-control study in long-term survivors from cancer in the head and neck region

Domains

Patients n = 15

Controls n = 15

p-value

Anxiety

24.2 (5.0)

27.8 (1.7)

0.02 (0.03)

Depression

16.6 (1.5)

17.8 (0.6)

0.02 (0.03)

Well-being

16.6 (4.0)

20.0 (2.2)

0.01 (0.02)

Self consciousness

16.0 (1.8)

16.7 (1.3)

0.4

General health

14.5 (2.6)

16.6 (2.0)

0.009 (0.01))

Vitality

17.4 (4.7)

21.5 (1.5)

0.006 (0.007)

Total score

105.3 (17.2)

120.4 (6.3)

0.005 (0.006)

  1. 5Score given as mean value ± one standard deviation. P-values in brackets are after the exclusion of two patients with epipharynx cancer.