Mean quality of life scores.

Note: For global health/quality of life and the functional scales a higher score indicates a better quality of life, whereas for the symptom scales/items a lower score indicates a better quality of life. For the continuous variables (i.e. global health/quality of life; emotional functioning; cognitive functioning; fatigue; pain; dyspnoea; and insomnia) mean scores (SD) are presented. For the dichotomized scales (i.e. physical functioning; role functioning; social functioning; nausea and vomiting; appetite loss; constipation; diarrhea; financial difficulties) frequencies and percentages for the category with the highest quality of life is provided. Please note that for 6, 3, 10, 1, 0, 6, 5, 3, 2, 13, 4, 3, 2, 4, 7 participants respectively information was missing.
a = cognitive functioning was transformed by using square root transformation [√(101-raw score)], ranging from 1–10 with low scores having a better cognitive functioning. The transformed mean score and standard deviation is 2.9 (2.4).
Mean quality of life scores.