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Table 2 The details of the QOL status: EORTC QLQ C-30 and EORTC OES-18

From: Perioperative risk factors of psychological distress in patients undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer

 

Time 1

Time 2

Time 3

Time 4

Time 5

H

L

P

H

L

P

H

L

P

H

L

P

H

L

P

QLQ C-30

Physical

90.3

97.6

0.001

87.5

97.2

0.001

67.6

91.3

< 0.001

67.6

90.0

< 0.001

76.7

95.2

< 0.001

Role

84.6

95.0

0.017

75.8

88.9

0.011

47.6

87.7

< 0.001

43.3

86.7

< 0.001

58.3

92.8

< 0.001

Emotional

63.9

90.6

< 0.001

64.3

92.0

< 0.001

62.5

96.0

< 0.001

65.3

95.7

< 0.001

64.3

97.9

< 0.001

Cognitive

73.6

93.8

< 0.001

74.4

93.4

< 0.001

57.8

94.1

< 0.001

59.1

91.7

< 0.001

66.7

92.8

< 0.001

Social

66.7

90.0

0.001

70.0

82.5

0.045

56.9

88.5

< 0.001

42.6

92.6

< 0.001

56.7

94.8

< 0.001

Global health

41.7

80.1

< 0.001

50.0

76.8

0.002

35.7

72.7

< 0.001

39.8

67.7

< 0.001

40.5

78.3

< 0.001

Fatigue

33.3

14.2

0.001

33.3

14.2

< 0.001

44.4

26.9

< 0.001

55.6

31.0

< 0.001

57.4

24.7

< 0.001

Nausea

8.8

2.4

0.014

9.4

1.9

0.006

7.4

2.4

0.040

13.9

6.5

0.132

20.8

4.9

0.005

Pain

16.7

3.8

0.003

11.9

3.4

0.017

40.9

16.7

< 0.001

29.5

6.8

< 0.001

27.1

3.1

< 0.001

Dyspnea

15.9

9.9

0.187

13.3

9.3

0.383

38.1

17.2

0.003

42.2

22.6

0.017

48.5

17.2

< 0.001

Insomnia

20.4

12.0

0.182

24.1

12.0

0.034

51.9

24.0

0.001

37.0

14.0

< 0.001

25.6

6.7

0.002

Appetite loss

25.5

7.4

0.002

25.0

7.6

0.003

43.7

13.5

0.001

52.4

20.2

0.001

43.3

23.5

0.032

Constipation

14.0

6.9

0.149

20.4

11.5

0.140

18.5

11.1

0.212

7.0

10.8

0.418

16.7

6.5

0.047

Diarrhea

14.0

7.9

0.182

17.5

7.4

0.031

41.2

33.3

0.389

45.2

22.6

0.015

43.6

17.3

0.002

Financial

48.3

13.0

< 0.001

41.2

13.3

< 0.001

40.5

12.5

0.001

44.4

7.3

< 0.001

30.3

8.9

0.003

OES 18

Dysphagia

63.5

94.8

0.003

82.2

96.1

0.002

62.5

92.6

< 0.001

64.4

84.8

< 0.001

63.5

89.9

0.328

Eating

58.3

93.5

< 0.001

68.3

94.3

0.001

59.3

83.9

< 0.001

41.7

74.3

< 0.001

47.2

78.8

0.010

Reflux

87.5

96.2

0.004

87.8

96.2

0.010

86.1

94.6

0.040

81.7

90.0

0.122

75.9

91.0

0.161

Eso. pain

82.7

98.0

< 0.001

87.5

97.4

0.005

71.4

93.8

0.001

75.9

94.0

0.005

74.1

97.5

0.010

Saliva

90.0

97.4

0.033

90.5

100

0.026

80.4

95.4

0.002

74.5

91.7

0.002

91.1

96.8

0.442

Choking

86.7

96.5

0.011

88.3

97.4

0.012

74.5

90.7

0.003

70.6

88.9

0.001

73.8

89.2

0.105

Dry mouth

70.8

88.0

0.009

70.8

85.2

0.031

58.8

79.3

0.007

57.1

86.0

0.002

69.7

92.5

0.442

Taste

87.0

95.4

0.073

76.2

91.7

0.050

66.7

88.6

< 0.001

61.5

89.6

0.001

69.4

89.7

0.161

Cough

90.0

94.6

0.249

86.0

94.6

0.053

64.1

78.1

0.092

53.3

79.0

0.009

60.6

85.1

0.721

Speech

91.7

94.4

0.469

95.0

94.4

0.899

62.2

81.2

0.010

47.6

72.6

0.004

56.7

92.2

0.721