Table 4 Table shows different mean scores of QLQ-INFO25 subscales at T1, T2 and T3 for the total group, and for breast and prostate cancer patients respectively. All scores are shown with standard deviation (SD) and paired samples T-test p-values for mean at T1 compared to T3
All patients | Breast | Prostate | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 n = 98 | T2 n = 88 | T3 n = 88 | P-value | T1 n = 41 | T2 n = 38 | T3 n = 36 | P-value | T1 n = 57 | T2 n = 49 | T3 n = 52 | P-value | |
Information about the disease | 45.6 (SD 18.2) | 56.2 (SD 19.1) | 52.8 (SD 20.5) | 0.004 | 50.6 (SD 16.5) | 60.8 (SD 17.4) | 56.4 (SD 21.6) | 0.06 | 42.6 (SD 18.8) | 52.6 (SD 19.7) | 50.4 (SD 19.5) | 0.024 |
Information about medical tests | 59.7 (SD 22.0) | 56.2 (SD19.1) | 52.8 (SD 20.5) | 0.015 | 62.9 (SD 22.4) | 60.9 (SD 17.4) | 56.4 (SD 21.6) | 0.12 | 57.4 (SD 21.6) | 52.6 (SD 19.7) | 50.4 (SD 19.5) | 0.06 |
Information about treatments | 44.1 (SD 20.7) | 68.4 (SD 16.5) | 63.6 (SD 18.1) | < 0.001 | 39.2 (SD 20.0) | 64.0 (SD 14.3) | 64.4 (SD 16.7) | < 0.001 | 47.8 (SD 20.6) | 71.8 (SD 17.5) | 63.0 (SD 19.1) | < 0.001 |
Information about other services | 14.2 (SD 17.5) | 20.4 (SD 19.9) | 19.6 (SD 19.5) | 0.003 | 25.0 (SD 20.2) | 26.8 (SD 19.4) | 33.3 (SD 17.9) | 0.032 | 6.2 (SD 9.2) | 15.5 (SD 19.1) | 10.1 (SD 14.2) | 0.043 |
Information about different places of care | 18.3 (SD 24.7) | 20.7 (SD 27.0) | 21.8 (SD 27.3) | 0.24 | 21.1 (SD 25.6) | 28.1 (SD 29.5) | 31.5 (SD 27.5) | 0.050 | 16.1 (SD 24.0) | 15.0 (SD 23.6) | 15.0 (SD 25.2) | 0.89 |
Information about things you can do to help yourself | 24.3 (SD 27.1) | 34.9 (SD 32.5) | 39.8 (SD 33.5) | < 0.001 | 37.4 (SD 27.1) | 50.0 (SD 30.8) | 53.7 (SD 35.0) | 0.002 | 14.6 (SD 22.9) | 23.1 (SD 29.0) | 30.1 (SD 29.0) | 0.001 |
Satisfaction with the information received | 57.6 (SD 20.9) | 78.4 (SD 20.9) | 73.5 (SD 25.8) | < 0.001 | 59.4 (SD 26.4) | 78.1 (SD 17.8) | 76.9 (SD 22.3) | < 0.001 | 56.4 (SD 27.1) | 78.7 (SD 23.1) | 71.1 (SD 28.0) | 0.001 |
Overall the information has been helpful | 67.4 (SD 26.5) | 85.2 (SD 17.4) | 85.1 (SD 18.9) | < 0.001 | 73.3 (SD 22.9) | 86.8 (SD 18.2) | 87.3 (SD 16.4) | < 0.001 | 63.1 (SD 28.2) | 84.0 (SD 16.8) | 83.7 (SD 20.4) | < 0.001 |
Written information | 72.6 (SD 44.8) | 89.8 (SD 30.5) | 84.1 (SD 36.8) | 0.07 | 62.5 (SD 49.0) | 97.4 (SD 16.2) | 94.4 (SD 23.2) | 0.003 | 30.1 (SD 29.0) | 80.0 (SD 40.4) | 84.0 (SD 37.0) | 0.79 |
Wish to receive more information | 68.8 (SD 46.6) | 43.0 (SD 49.8) | 34.9 (SD 47.9) | < 0.001 | 75.0 (SD 43.9) | 48.7 (SD 50.7) | 37.1 (SD 49.0) | < 0.001 | 64.3 (SD 48.3) | 38.8 (SD 49.2) | 33.3 (SD 47.6) | < 0.001 |
Wish you have received less information | 0.0 (SD 0.0) | 0.0 (SD 0.0) | 0.0 (SD 0.0) | N/A | 0.0 (SD 0.0) | 0.0 (SD 0.0) | 0.0 (SD 0.0) | N/A | 0.0 (SD 0.0) | 0.0 (SD 0.0) | 0.0 (SD 0.0) | N/A |
Global score | 39.4 (SD 10.7) | 46.4 (SD10.9) | 44.2 (SD 11.2) | < 0.001 | 42.1 (SD 10.8) | 50.4 (SD 9.5) | 49.4 (SD 10.5) | < 0.001 | 37.6 (SD 10.2) | 43.4 (SD 11.0) | 40.6 (SD 10.3) | 0.06 |
*Information on CD tape/ video | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |