Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Cancer Patients: A Four-Arm Randomized Trial on the Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture

Table 8

Quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30) day 0–day 21–day 84.

EORTC QLQ-C30	Day	EA		HB		VitB		Placebo		Sum
scale		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Physical functioning	0	72.4	22.2	61	22.4	68.4	15.8	75.3	15.6	69.7	19.4
	21	84.4	13.2	66.7	24.5	75.1	12.7	87.5	10.2	79.1	17.3
	84	82.3	12.2	67.3	26.5	80.5	15.7	85.6	11.2	79.5	17.9
Role functioning	0	58.3	34.4	38.5	30.7	37.8	27.8	52.9	28.4	47.2	30.8
	21	72.6	26.6	61.5	37.5	58.9	20.8	74.5	23.7	67.2	27.5
	84	64.5	30.3	56.4	31.6	53.3	29.7	71.4	16.2	61.9	27.4
Emotional functioning	0	63.1	21.6	44.2	25.3	54.4	27.1	62.3	26.4	56.5	25.7
	21	72.6	15.1	62.2	28.0	66.7	24.6	70.4	27.3	68.2	24.1
	84	70.6	18.6	52.3	35.5	62.2	32.7	72.0	19.1	64.8	27.5
Cognitive functioning	0	66.7	23.6	39.7	30.1	62.2	28.5	67.6	24.6	59.9	28.2
	21	70.2	18.7	55.1	30.0	71.1	24.0	79.4	18.2	69.8	23.9
	84	76.7	21.8	58.5	36.2	61.6	25.8	71.0	13.2	67.2	25.2
Social functioning	0	66.7	32.0	50.0	34.0	46.7	34.6	63.7	27.8	57.1	32.3
	21	83.3	17.3	62.8	36.1	60.0	32.0	77.5	25.6	71.2	29.3
	84	81.9	20.3	60.8	40.6	64.7	26.9	80.2	21.4	72.4	28.6
Global health	0	58.9	12.9	55.1	21.7	51.7	20.7	58.3	17.7	56.1	18.2
	21	67.9	13.4	62.8	26.0	61.7	17.2	67.6	17.4	65.1	18.5
	84	71.0	12.4	59.1	27.0	64.7	14.3	72.4	15.0	67.1	18.0