From: Quality of life after lung cancer surgery: sublobar resection versus lobectomy
Item | After Surgery (n=347) | P | Item | After Surgery (n=347) | P | ||
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lobectomy group | sublobar resection group | lobectomy group | sublobar resection group | ||||
Breath shortness | Chest pain | ||||||
Discharge | 1.21±0.68 | 0.51±0.64 | *** | Discharge | 0.24±0.52 | 0.51±0.76 | *** |
3M | 1.99±0.75 | 1.12±0.75 | *** | 3M | 0.43±0.90 | 0.46±0.76 | 0.11 |
6M | 0.82±0.99 | 0.44±0.77 | *** | 6M | 0.27±0.68 | 0.23±0.54 | 0.89 |
Chest tightness | Mental stress | ||||||
Discharge | 0.86±0.70 | 0.90±0.79 | 0.86 | Discharge | 0.33±0.57 | 0.33±0.54 | 0.78 |
3M | 1.70±0.90 | 1.06±0.80 | *** | 3M | 0.51±0.59 | 0.45±0.70 | 0.71 |
6M | 0.82±1.02 | 0.48±0.74 | 0.004 ** | 6M | 0.22±0.60 | 0.07±0.29 | 0.01* |
Breathlessness | I'm disappointed in my struggle with the illness | ||||||
Discharge | 0.66±0.62 | 0.60±0.70 | 0.21 | Discharge | 0.31±0.53 | 0.25±0.57 | 0.1 |
3M | 1.53±0.88 | 1.01±0.86 | *** | 3M | 0.70±0.97 | 0.31±0.61 | *** |
6M | 0.81±0.99 | 0.50±0.77 | 0.007** | 6M | 0.44±0.64 | 0.44±0.60 | 0.84 |
Weight loss | Irritability | ||||||
Discharge | 0.49±0.58 | 0.36±0.56 | 0.03 * | Discharge | 0.09±0.31 | 0.31±0.55 | *** |
3M | 1.15±0.82 | 0.49±0.74 | *** | 3M | 0.70±0.95 | 0.31±0.38 | 0.59 |
6M | 0.31±0.71 | 0.24±0.45 | 0.71 | 6M | 0.42±0.66 | 0.41±0.65 | 0.9 |
Cough | I can't accept my illness | ||||||
Discharge | 0.90±0.69 | 0.90±0.63 | 0.84 | Discharge | 0.39±0.60 | 0.56±0.77 | 0.09 |
3M | 1.61±0.93 | 1.29±0.67 | *** | 3M | 0.80±1.11 | 0.80±1.06 | 0.9 |
6M | 0.87±0.92 | 0.59±0.77 | 0.004 ** | 6M | 0.50±0.73 | 0.57±0.80 | 0.47 |
Expectoration | Overall-PQOL | ||||||
Discharge | 0.58±0.63 | 0.73±0.62 | 0.03 * | Discharge | 9.21±3.22 | 9.35±3.59 | 0.71 |
3M | 1.25±0.94 | 1.09±0.64 | 0.12 | 3M | 18.17±7.75 | 14.05±5.13 | *** |
6M | 0.62±0.68 | 0.43±0.63 | 0.005 ** | 6M | 10.11±7.63 | 7.73±5.69 | 0.02 * |
Pain of the surgical wound | I can't take care of myself, such as eating and dressing | ||||||
Discharge | 0.21±0.44 | 0.44±0.77 | 0.02 * | Discharge | 0.13±0.37 | 0.13±0.34 | 0.68 |
3M | 0.32±0.67 | 0.27±0.57 | 0.72 | 3M | 0.12±0.43 | 0.21±0.55 | 0.04* |
6M | 0.10±0.30 | 0.12±0.33 | 0.52 | 6M | 0.08±0.35 | 0.16±0.39 | 0.007** |