Comparison of Sleep Quality before and after Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients: A Prospective Study

Table 3

Outcome of the mean scores of QLQ-C30 items after chemotherapy.

	Before chemotherapy		After chemotherapy
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
Items/symptoms
Fatigue	32.3	33.3	34.9	33.3	0.61
Nausea	3.5	0	15.4	0	0.04
Pain	21.4	0	13	0	0.16
Dyspnea	45.7	33.3	41.7	33.3	0.37
Insomnia	13	0	22.9	0	0.05
Anorexia	31.2	0	41.2	66.7	0.08
Constipation	10	0	11	0	0.43
Diarrhea	0	0	0.5	0	0.10
Financial difficulties	42.7	33.3	44.8	33.3	0.52
Mean coefficient of symptom items	22	20.7	25.4	26.8	0.47
Performance items
Physical functioning	64.2	66.7	12.7	13.3	0.001
Role functioning	76.6	83.3	73	83	0.47
Emotional functioning	71	66.7	65.7	66.7	0.21
Cognitive functioning	78.6	83.3	69	75	0.09
Social functioning	68	72.7	56	50	0.05
Mean coefficient of performance items	71.3	72.5	55.3	58.5	0.09