Comparison the WHO-BREF & SF-12 quality of life scores between chemotherapy and integrated therapy

Table 3: Comparison the WHO-BREF & SF-12 quality of life scores between chemotherapy and integrated therapy.

		Chemotherapy N = 31 (%)	Integrated therapy N = 30 (%)
WHO-QOL BREF		Mean score (SD)	Mean score (SD)	p
Physical health	Pre-study	63.5 (11.9)	55.7 (15.5)	0.030^*
	Post-study	57.7 (11.2)	61.2 (13.7)	0.280
	p	0.007^**	0.041^*
Psychological health	Pre-study	66.7 (12.5)	62.3 (13.0)	0.179
	Post-study	61.3 (12.1)	65.3 (13.6)	0.233
	p	0.014^*	0.215
Social relationships	Pre-study	70.3 (10.6)	67.6 (14.8)	0.415
	Post-study	65.8 (11.0)	69.9 (14.0)	0.208
	p	0.030^*	0.302
Environment	Pre-study	70.6 (11.0)	71.0 (13.2)	0.885
	Post-study	66.0 (11.7)	71.2 (15.9)	0.148
	p	0.015^*	0.954
SF-12 Quality of life scores
PCS-12	Pre-study	37.4 (8.6)	37.5 (10.2)	0.965
	Post-study	34.3 (9.9)	38.9 (9.1)	0.063
	p	0.083	0.459
MCS-12	Pre-study	49.3 (10.0)	44.2 (9.9)	0.050^*
	Post-study	46.2 (9.4)	43.3 (10.2)	0.244
	p	0.008^**	0.620

^***p < 0.001; ^**p < 0.01; ^*p < 0.05.