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Table 2 Pre-treatment Quality of Life (QOL) scores

From: Patient-reported outcomes following stereotactic body radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer

 

% Patients (n=228)

  

Baseline AUA score

   

0-7 (Mild)

52.0%

  

8-19 (Moderate)

44.5%

  

≥ 20 (Severe)

3.5%

  

Baseline SHIM score

   

22-25 (No ED)

23.8%

  

17-21 (Mild ED)

22.9%

  

12-16 (Mild-Moderate ED)

13.9%

  

8-11 (Moderate ED)

5.4%

  

< 8 (Severe ED)

34.1%

  

Baseline EPIC-26 summary score

Mean

SD

MID

Urinary domain

89.6

10.92

5.5

Bowel domain

95.1

8.55

4.3

Sexual domain

56.3

28.92

14.5

Baseline EPIC-26 bother score

Mean

SD

MID

Urinary domain

80.2

24.45

12.2

Bowel domain

91.4

18.49

9.2

Sexual domain

65.9

34.49

17.2

  1. Abbreviation: AUA American Urological Association symptom scores, SHIM Sexual Health Inventory for Men, EPIC Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite, SD Standard Deviation, MID Minimally Important Difference.