Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Services on KAP and QOL in Cancer Patients: A Single-Center Experience
Table 3
Scores of all scales and items of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questions before and after study in two groups.
Variable
Control group ()
Intervention group ()
Between groups
Before study
After study
Before study
After study
Overall quality of life scales
Global QOL
54.23 ± 19.20
52.78 ± 18.92
0.321
52.16 ± 18.75
59.09 ± 18.35
0.000
0.932
0.000
Function
Physical functioning
64.25 ± 19.39
64.54 ± 18.44
0.928
63.80 ± 19.81
65.28 ± 17.52
0.597
0.889
0.789
Role functioning
49.77 ± 30.32
52.32 ± 30.04
0.625
47.40 ± 30.11
51.94 ± 29.49
0.410
0.634
0.867
Emotional functioning
59.61 ± 17.28
60.19 ± 16.68
0.340
58.1 ± 17.68
80.00 ± 17.50
0.000
0.604
0.000
Cognitive functioning
67.59 ± 17.89
67.13 ± 18.12
0.159
67.31 ± 17.61
68.83 ± 15.38
0.109
0.924
0.045
Social functioning
35.88 ± 22.14
36.57 ± 21.96
0.471
35.28 ± 21.79
36.36 ± 20.72
0.096
0.868
0.759
Symptom scales
Fatigue
46.63 ± 23.59
45.86 ± 22.40
0.260
47.95 ± 19.69
39.73 ± 22.44
0.001
0.712
0.001
Nausea and vomiting
37.04 ± 22.59
37.73 ± 22.55
0.260
37.23 ± 22.44
30.95 ± 19.05
0.001
0.958
0.000
Pain
31.25 ± 19.37
31.22 ± 19.44
0.321
30.95 ± 18.87
23.38 ± 16.28
0.000
0.924
0.000
Single items
Dyspnea
28.70 ± 27.01
27.31 ± 25.22
0.260
26.84 ± 23.59
26.41 ± 22.52
0.321
0.654
0.523
Sleep disturbance
54.63 ± 25.83
51.85 ± 26.76
0.109
55.41 ± 25.71
25.54 ± 23.51
0.000
0.853
0.000
Appetite loss
55.09 ± 27.50
56.48 ± 26.03
0.321
56.28 ± 26.64
53.68 ± 26.58
0.109
0.790
0.064
Constipation
34.70 ± 28.21
35.18 ± 27.91
0.784
37.66 ± 28.79
29.00 ± 27.22
0.000
0.530
0.001
Diarrhea
29.17 ± 27.94
27.78 ± 27.40
0.083
30.30 ± 28.71
19.91 ± 24.34
0.013
0.807
0.021
Financial difficulties
77.78 ± 25.63
78.24 ± 25.12
0.321
78.79 ± 25.31
79.22 ± 24.21
0.567
0.809
0.977
Data presented as mean ± SD. Within-group comparison (prestudy versus poststudy scores), paired Student’s -test. #Between-groups comparison (control versus intervention group, before study), independent Student’s -test. ■Between-groups comparison (control versus intervention group, after study), Analysis of Covariance.
