Effects of a Multidisciplinary Educational Rehabilitative Intervention in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Role of Body Image on Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample. Cases (and percentages) or mean ± standard deviation of demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample. Median (1st; 3rd quartiles) for the scale scores. : baseline; : end of treatment; : three-month follow-up; QoL: quality of life; DASH: Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire; BIS: Body Image Scale; HAM-D: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; CMS: Constant-Murley Score; EORTC QLQ-C30: Quality of Life core questionnaire (GH: global health; FS: function scale; SS: symptom scale); STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

Demographic characteristics
Number of patients		60
Age [years]		59.48 ± 11.10
Body mass index [kg/m^2]		26.42 ± 3.85
Married/common-law wife		46 (77%)
Working, not employed, or retired		43 (72%)
High school or master degree education		36 (60%)
Clinical characteristics
Quadrantectomy		33 (55%)
Mastectomy		27 (45%)
Chemotherapy		33 (55%)
Radiotherapy		60 (100%)
Lymphatic drainage		10 (17%)
Years from surgery [years]		2.11 ± 1.70
Scale-scores
EORTC QLQ-30 GH	66 (50; 75)	66 (57; 83)	75 (64; 83)
EORTC QLQ-30 FS	76 (58; 83)	83 (72; 87)	84 (71; 92)
EORTC QLQ-30 SS	20 (13, 28)	13 (7; 21)	11 (3; 18)
CMS	54 (39; 61)	67 (60; 72)	73 (66; 79)
DASH	40 (17; 59)	30 (10; 48)	18 (4; 40)
HAM-D	9 (4; 11)	7 (3; 11)	6 (1; 10)
STAI	44 (40; 48)	40 (38; 45)	40 (36; 44)
BIS	10 (4; 19)	8 (3; 17)	8 (2; 16)
Effectiveness
EORTC QLQ-30 GH	16 (0; 32)		15 (0; 32)
EORTC QLQ-30 FS	15 (7; 35)		9 (0; 24)
EORTC QLQ-30 SS	−7 (−11; −3)		−2 (−6; 0)