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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: External application of liver compresses to reduce fatigue in patients with metastatic cancer undergoing radiation therapy, a randomized clinical trial

  Radiotherapy alone
(n = 12)
Radiotherapy and Yarrow compress
(n = 12)
Total
[24]
Gender
 Male 3 (25%) 3 (25%) 6 (25%)
 Female 9 (50%) 9 (50%) 18 (75%)
Age (years)
 Median (min.–max.) 60.5 (49–83) 56.5 (35–68) 58.5 (34–83)
Karnofsky-Index
 80–100 4 (33%) 3 (25%) 7 (30%)
 70 5 (42%) 4 (33%) 9 (37%)
 60 3 (25%) 5 (42%) 8 (33%)
Site of RT
 Bone 6 (50%) 7 (58%) 13 (54%)
 Brain 6 (50%) 5 (42%) 11 (46%)
Baseline Fatigue*
 Median (min.-max.) 14 (10–20) 16 (10–20) 14.5 (10–20)
  1. *Based on the general fatigue subscale of the multidimensional fatigue inventory (MFI-20)
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