Control | Intervention | |||||||||||||||||
Baseline | 3 months | 6 months | Baseline | 3 months | 6 months | |||||||||||||
n | Mean | SD | n | mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | |
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-C30 (version 3) | ||||||||||||||||||
Global heath status/QoL (revised) | 70 | 66.7 | 19.7 | 67 | 67.3 | 22.0 | 64 | 69.4 | 21.1 | 72 | 64.2 | 21.8 | 59 | 66.2 | 19.1 | 62 | 67.5 | 22.6 |
Physical functioning (revised) | 70 | 75.5 | 22.3 | 67 | 79.0 | 20.0 | 64 | 79.2 | 19.9 | 72 | 77.2 | 20.2 | 59 | 80.1 | 21.4 | 62 | 81.7 | 18.1 |
Role functioning (revised) | 70 | 70.7 | 28.2 | 67 | 70.1 | 30.5 | 64 | 75 | 28.8 | 72 | 69.9 | 28.5 | 59 | 75.4 | 26.1 | 62 | 78.2 | 23.9 |
Emotional functioning | 70 | 67.9 | 23.4 | 67 | 66.4 | 26.2 | 64 | 66.7 | 28.6 | 72 | 67.1 | 25.3 | 59 | 70.0 | 23.9 | 62 | 75.5 | 20.2 |
Cognitive functioning | 70 | 74.3 | 24.5 | 67 | 74.4 | 25.7 | 64 | 73.4 | 26 | 72 | 77.3 | 22.1 | 59 | 79.7 | 20.8 | 62 | 80.9 | 20.9 |
Social functioning | 70 | 70.0 | 29.0 | 67 | 74.9 | 29.8 | 64 | 74.2 | 28.9 | 72 | 74.1 | 26.7 | 59 | 85.0 | 21.4 | 62 | 86.0 | 18.9 |
Fatigue | 70 | 37.1 | 23.2 | 67 | 38.1 | 27.5 | 64 | 37.0 | 23.9 | 72 | 36.7 | 24.1 | 59 | 32.4 | 21.7 | 62 | 30.5 | 20.1 |
Nausea and vomiting | 70 | 8.6 | 13.8 | 67 | 8.2 | 14.6 | 64 | 10.4 | 20.5 | 72 | 5.8 | 13.7 | 59 | 4.2 | 11.0 | 62 | 4.6 | 11.0 |
Pain | 70 | 26.7 | 28.3 | 67 | 28.1 | 31.9 | 64 | 23.4 | 25.8 | 72 | 25.7 | 28.4 | 59 | 22.6 | 28.3 | 62 | 21.8 | 25.0 |
Dyspnoea | 70 | 15.7 | 25.2 | 67 | 18.9 | 28.0 | 64 | 15.6 | 25.2 | 72 | 19.0 | 26.1 | 59 | 14.7 | 22.5 | 62 | 13.4 | 17.6 |
Insomnia | 70 | 41.0 | 32.7 | 67 | 47.3 | 32.9 | 64 | 41.7 | 32.0 | 72 | 37.0 | 33.4 | 59 | 33.3 | 29.0 | 62 | 32.8 | 28.0 |
Appetite loss | 70 | 12.4 | 24.2 | 67 | 11.4 | 22.1 | 64 | 14.1 | 25.1 | 72 | 10.2 | 20.7 | 59 | 5.6 | 14.1 | 62 | 9.7 | 19.5 |
Constipation | 70 | 16.2 | 25.2 | 67 | 15.9 | 26.2 | 64 | 15.6 | 25.2 | 72 | 16.7 | 26.2 | 59 | 11.3 | 22.0 | 62 | 12.9 | 22.9 |
Diarrhoea | 70 | 15.7 | 25.8 | 67 | 11.9 | 23.0 | 64 | 15.1 | 27.2 | 72 | 14.4 | 22.9 | 59 | 11.9 | 19.3 | 62 | 13.4 | 26.6 |
Financial difficulties | 70 | 26.7 | 32.9 | 67 | 21.4 | 30.0 | 64 | 19.8 | 26.4 | 71 | 21.1 | 33.9 | 58 | 11.5 | 22.1 | 60 | 11.1 | 21.8 |
General Self Efficacy Scale scores | ||||||||||||||||||
General Self-Efficacy Scale | 69 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 67 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 66 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 72 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 59 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 61 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
Short Form-36 RAND (version 2) | ||||||||||||||||||
Physical functioning | 70 | 65.1 | 28.8 | 67 | 69.7 | 26.5 | 65 | 69.6 | 28.0 | 72 | 62.8 | 29.4 | 59 | 72.1 | 26.4 | 62 | 68.7 | 29.5 |
Role limitations due to physical health | 69 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 67 | 48.9 | 44.5 | 65 | 48.8 | 44.9 | 72 | 41.2 | 43.4 | 59 | 58.9 | 42.0 | 62 | 53.6 | 41.7 |
Role limitation due to emotional problems | 69 | 56.5 | 45.1 | 67 | 60.7 | 41.8 | 66 | 61.6 | 44.6 | 72 | 58.8 | 43.2 | 59 | 70.1 | 40.4 | 61 | 64.5 | 41.7 |
Energy/fatigue | 70 | 50.6 | 23 | 67 | 51.1 | 25.4 | 66 | 54.5 | 24.7 | 72.0 | 47.1 | 23.6 | 59 | 51.7 | 21.0 | 62 | 52.2 | 20.6 |
Emotional well being | 70 | 67.7 | 20.4 | 67 | 69.8 | 19.7 | 66 | 69.0 | 21.2 | 72.0 | 65.6 | 21.1 | 59 | 68.0 | 19.5 | 62 | 72.0 | 17.8 |
Social functioning | 70 | 68.0 | 26.3 | 67 | 69.8 | 30.3 | 66 | 71.4 | 26.8 | 72.0 | 63.7 | 26.7 | 59 | 73.7 | 24.5 | 62 | 75.4 | 23.4 |
Pain | 70 | 67.5 | 26.9 | 67 | 67.7 | 28.6 | 66 | 74.5 | 25.4 | 72.0 | 65.7 | 26.0 | 59 | 73.6 | 25.6 | 62 | 73.4 | 24.2 |
General Health | 70 | 59.6 | 22.4 | 67 | 57.8 | 21.5 | 66 | 58.9 | 22 | 72.0 | 53.0 | 23.9 | 59 | 58.1 | 19.7 | 62 | 59.4 | 22.2 |
Short Form-36 RAND (version 2) utility index scores | ||||||||||||||||||
Utility Index Score | 64 | 0.66 | 0.11 | 64 | 0.68 | 0.11 | 62 | 0.68 | 0.12 | 64 | 0.64 | 0.11 | 57 | 0.68 | 0.11 | 57 | 0.69 | 0.11 |
QALYs Accrued by group | Control group: n=55, mean 0.3397, SD 0.051 | Intervention group: n=47, mean 0.342, SD 0.045 |
QALY, quality-adjusted life years; QoL, quality of life.