Comparison of Sleep Quality before and after Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients: A Prospective Study
Table 3
Outcome of the mean scores of QLQ-C30 items after chemotherapy.
Before chemotherapy
After chemotherapy
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Items/symptoms
Fatigue
32.3
33.3
34.9
33.3
0.61
Nausea
3.5
0
15.4
0
0.04
Pain
21.4
0
13
0
0.16
Dyspnea
45.7
33.3
41.7
33.3
0.37
Insomnia
13
0
22.9
0
0.05
Anorexia
31.2
0
41.2
66.7
0.08
Constipation
10
0
11
0
0.43
Diarrhea
0
0
0.5
0
0.10
Financial difficulties
42.7
33.3
44.8
33.3
0.52
Mean coefficient of symptom items
22
20.7
25.4
26.8
0.47
Performance items
Physical functioning
64.2
66.7
12.7
13.3
0.001
Role functioning
76.6
83.3
73
83
0.47
Emotional functioning
71
66.7
65.7
66.7
0.21
Cognitive functioning
78.6
83.3
69
75
0.09
Social functioning
68
72.7
56
50
0.05
Mean coefficient of performance items
71.3
72.5
55.3
58.5
0.09
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