Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2016 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Its Association with Quality of Life among Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study Table 3 Quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30) scores among CAM users and non-CAM users (
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EORTC QLQ-C30 Non-CAM users CAM users valueMean ± SD Mean ± SD Global health status 61.54 ± 2.34 59.76 ± 2.16 0.583 Functional scales Cognitive 79.56 ± 3.43 77.49 ± 3.77 0.158 Physical 80.74 ± 1.21 79.21 ± 1.89 0.367 Emotional 71.72 ± 3.15 69.81 ± 2.99 0.454 Role 62.89 ± 2.21 60.34 ± 2.73 0.510 Social 59.43 ± 3.94 58.35 ± 3.89 0.458 Symptom scales Fatigue 31.46 ± 4.61 34.75 ± 3.37 0.283 Nausea & vomiting 49.72 ± 1.29 51.12 ± 1.99 0.420 Appetite loss 24.71 ± 3.68 24.16 ± 3.37 0.418 Pain 33.08 ± 4.45 36.14 ± 4.13 0.091 Dyspnoea 13.77 ± 1.61 11.41 ± 2.83 0.914 Insomnia 42.78 ± 4.49 46.79 ± 3.95 0.218 Diarrhoea 28.22 ± 1.64 29.44 ± 1.03 0.361 Constipation 29.74 ± 2.32 28.83 ± 2.52 0.131 Financial difficulties 46.27 ± 3.71 54.86 ± 4.67 0.020
Significant association (p value less than 0.05).