Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Nerve Block on Postoperative Pain, Quality of Life, and Recovery in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Table 2
The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) in two groups.
Ultrasound-guided TPVB ()
General anesthesia with tracheal intubation ()
value
Functional scale
Physical
68.1 (18.4)
69.1 (20.5)
0.883
Role
62.3 (18.7)
69.6 (21.0)
0.299
Emotional
40.3 (12.1)
32.6 (10.4)
0.015
Cognitive
63.8 (19.3)
61.0 (26.0)
0.684
Social
50.0 (17.2)
50.9 (21.9)
0.858
Symptom scale
Fatigue
39.5 (11.2)
34.1 (6.2)
0.149
Nausea/vomiting
8.1 (8.0)
10.8 (12.1)
0.446
Pain
22.8 (5.8)
49.9 (10.7)
<0.01
Dyspnea
42.4 (18.6)
36.9 (18.8)
0.295
Insomnia
18.7 (16.2)
31.0 (6.4)
0.023
Appetite loss
31.8 (12.3)
29.7 (6.6)
0.457
Constipation
37.0 (28.5)
38.1 (15.6)
0.894
Diarrhea
10.6 (4.8)
13.3 (5.1)
0.253
Financial difficulty
22.2 (13.9)
28.8 (8.1)
0.108
Global health status
52.6 (11.6)
50.3 (13.9)
0.654
Data are presented as the mean (standard deviation). Higher scores indicate better functioning in those functional scale and global health status and worse symptoms in the symptom scale.
