A longitudinal study of gender differences in quality of life among Japanese patients with lower rectal cancer treated with sphincter-saving surgery: a 1-year follow-up

Kinoshita, Yumiko; Chishaki, Akiko; Kawamoto, Rieko; Manabe, Tatsuya; Ueki, Takashi; Hirata, Keiji; Miyazono, Mami; Kanaoka, Maki; Tomioka, Akiko; Nakano, Masahiro; Ohkusa, Tomoko; Nakao, Hisako; Tanaka, Masao; Mibu, Ryuichi

doi:10.1186/s12957-015-0485-x

Table 4 Correlations between global health status/QOL scores and functional and symptom scales of EORTC QLQ-C30

From: A longitudinal study of gender differences in quality of life among Japanese patients with lower rectal cancer treated with sphincter-saving surgery: a 1-year follow-up

			EORTC C30
			Functional scales					Symptom scales/items (#)
			Physical functioning	Role functioning	Emotional functioning	Cognitive functioning	Social functioning	Fatigue	Nausea and vomiting	Pain	Dyspnea	Insomnia	Appetite loss	Constipation	Diarrhea	Financial difficulties
	Men	R	0.306	0.484	0.733	0.334	0.726	−0.604	−0.070	−0.479	−0.351	−0.561	−0.258	−0.270	−0.168	−0.528
Before Surgery		p	0.049	0.001	<0.001	0.031	<0.001	<0.001	0.658	0.001	0.023	<0.001	0.099	0.084	0.287	<0.001
Before Surgery	Women	R	0.543	0.680	0.779	0.516	0.646	−0.710	−0.017	−0.418	−0.283	−0.303	−0.365	−0.093	−0.393	−0.482
		p	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.002	<0.001	<0.001	0.927	0.015	0.111	0.087	0.037	0.607	0.024	0.005
1 month after surgery	Men	R	0.603	0.709	0.741	0.555	0.659	−0.642	−0.238	−0.656	−0.309	−0.524	−0.465	−0.082	−0.324	−0.336
		p	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.129	<0.001	0.046	<0.001	0.002	0.608	0.036	0.029
	Women	R	0.561	0.579	0.680	0.342	0.658	−0.784	−0.175	−0.354	−0.018	−0.669	−0.590	−0.099	−0.183	−0.436
		p	0.002	<0.001	<0.001	0.052	<0.001	<0.001	0.329	0.043	0.920	<0.001	<0.001	0.583	0.307	0.011
6 months after surgery	Men	R	0.650	0.672	0.479	0.548	0.525	−0.692	−0.082	−0.589	−0.252	−0.456	−0.249	−0.414	−0.109	−0.365
		p	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.608	<0.001	0.107	0.002	0.112	0.006	0.490	0.017
	Women	R	0.374	0.308	0.304	0.106	0.313	−0.611	−0.132	−0.168	−0.179	−0.290	−0.294	−0.176	−0.031	−0.314
		p	0.032	0.081	0.085	0.558	0.077	0.001	0.464	0.350	0.319	0.102	0.097	0.326	0.864	0.076
12 months after surgery	Men	R	0.650	0.672	0.479	0.548	0.525	−0.692	−0.082	−0.589	−0.252	−0.456	−0.249	−0.414	−0.109	−0.365
		p	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.608	<0.001	0.107	0.002	0.112	0.006	0.490	0.017
	Women	R	0.469	0.328	0.338	0.335	0.532	−0.601	−0.405	−0.128	−0.053	−0.404	−0.470	−0.137	−0.091	−0.567
		p	0.006	0.063	0.054	0.057	0.001	<0.001	0.019	0.478	0.771	0.020	0.006	0.447	0.614	0.002

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