Table 4 Breast cancer patients’ functioning and symptoms scores as measured by the EORTC QLQBR23 (n = 60, 30 in each group)
1st Chemotherapy cycle mean score (SD) | 3rd Chemotherapy cycle mean score (SD) | 4th Chemotherapy cycle mean score (SD) | 5th Chemotherapy cycle mean score (SD) | 6th Chemotherapy cycle mean score (SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | |
Functioning* | ||||||||||
Body image | 64.52 | 73.93 | 67.75 | 68.70 | 67.18 | 75.02 | 72.66 | 71.75 | 75.59 | 68.72 |
(21.71) | (23.25) | (18.24) | (24.24) | (19.87) | (17.71) | (21.16) | (18.23) | (24.81) | (18.91) | |
Sexual functioning | 46.82 | 33.83 | 47.37 | 32.16 | 54.90 | 39.09 | 53.83 | 38.54 | 53.85 | 42.55 |
(31.23) | (35.49) | (30.26) | (28.93) | (28.97) | (31.96) | (27.58) | (34.04) | (28.85) | (34.17) | |
Sexual enjoyment | 34.43 | 27.59 | 25.85 | 19.55 | 19.33 | 24.14 | 22.60 | 25.28 | 20.44 | 27.59 |
(32.86) | (37.91) | (29.58) | (30.31) | (25.55) | (30.81) | (29.14) | (30.49) | (28.21) | (31.04) | |
Future perspective | 31.08 | 48.28 | 37.53 | 48.31 | 37.58 | 48.35 | 50.60 | 50.69 | 53.90 | 56.48 |
(24.30) | (36.37) | (25.54) | (35.27) | (22.49) | (29.14) | (25.80) | (29.18) | (22.42) | (25.51) | |
Symptom+ | ||||||||||
Arm | 24.72 | 17.99 | 25.43 | 19.53 | 27.23 | 24.51 | 27.94 | 22.97 | 27.94 | 24.88 |
(22.72) | (18.39) | (17.73) | (21.13) | (20.86) | (22.29) | (17.42) | (16.51) | (18.35) | (17.97) | |
Breast | 15.59 | 12.55 | 10.74 | 14.88 | 10.21 | 18.10 | 13.71 | 16.37 | 15.04 | 20.68 |
(17.58) | (18.71) | (11.82) | (19.08) | (8.26) | (18.38) | (9.76) | (12.09) | (12.61) | (16.75) | |
Systematic therapy side effect | 38.80 | 33.18 | 39.02 | 37.29 | 39.79 | 39.91 | 42.10 | 41.20 | 38.24 | 48.65 |
(19.99) | (16.77) | (14.73) | (16.87) | (13.99) | (19.25) | (17.99) | (19.68) | (18.83) | (18.23) | |
Upset by hair loss | 25.28 | 31.03 | 24.51 | 16.67 | 34.48 | 25.28 | 34.84 | 28.96 | 36.77 | 36.77 |
(30.13) | (36.42) | (24.73) | (27.46) | (31.48) | (31.70) | (24.45) | (30.31) | (28.82) | (31.31) | |