Table 2 Patient Reported Outcomes of Quality of Life pre−/post-intervention
Outcomes | Study group | P value (t test) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-care education (n = 44) | Control (n = 42) | |||
Quality of life—EORTC QLQ30 (scale 0–100) | ||||
Global QoL | Pre-intervention | 60.7 (24.1) | 62.3 (20.8) | 0.52 |
Post-intervention | 62.4 (19.4) | 57.9 (21.4) | 0.13 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.37 | 0.46 | ||
Physical function | Pre-intervention | 84.6 (18.8) | 83.5 (20.4) | 0.74 |
Post-intervention | 82.4 (15.9) | 77.6 (19.7) | 0.084 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.36 | 0.19 | ||
Emotional function | Pre-intervention | 69.2 (24.7) | 67.5 (23.9) | 0.63 |
Post-intervention | 76.3 (22.6) | 65.2 (23.8) | 0.018 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.026 | 0.37 | ||
Role function | Pre-intervention | 71.5 (33.7) | 70.3 (32.1) | 0.52 |
Post-intervention | 69.4 (28.4) | 61.3 (30.2) | 0.041 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.61 | 0.032 | ||
Cognitive function | Pre-intervention | 79.1 (20.7) | 77.4 (18.9) | 0.31 |
Post-intervention | 82.8 (18.7) | 73.5 (19.0) | 0.038 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.56 | 0.74 | ||
Social function | Pre-intervention | 72.5 (25.5) | 69.5 (22.7) | 0.36 |
Post-intervention | 70.8 (24.7) | 64.6 (21.6) | 0.47 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.39 | 0.58 | ||
Nausea and vomiting | Pre-intervention | 11.5 (13.6) | 13.2 (12.7) | 0.34 |
Post-intervention | 9.2 (16.3) | 19.1 (20.3) | 0.028 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.37 | 0.016 | ||
Appetite loss | Pre-intervention | 8.3 (15.3) | 9.2 (16.2) | 0.63 |
Post-intervention | 14.2 (17.1) | 16.7 (15.9) | 0.52 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.39 | 0.27 | ||
Pain | Pre-intervention | 21.6 (31.4) | 24.1 (33.6) | 0.83 |
Post-intervention | 25.7 (29.3) | 22.6 (37.1) | 0.61 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.83 | 0.74 | ||
Diarrhoea | Pre-intervention | 13.6 (25.9) | 10.3 (22.9) | 0.74 |
Post-intervention | 19.3 (22.7) | 18.2 (21.6) | 0.62 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.032 | 0.027 | ||
Fatigue | Pre-intervention | 17.8 (19.4) | 16.9 (23.6) | 0.43 |
Post-intervention | 15.3 (18.6) | 21.6 (20.8) | 0.029 | |
p-value (t test) | 0.48 | 0.042 | ||