Health-related quality of life after curative resection for gastric adenocarcinoma

Table 3 European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Core Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) questionnaire scores by the type of resection (Mann-Whitney U test)

	Subtotal gastrectomy (n = 73)		Total gastrectomy (n = 43)		P value
	mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	mean (SD)	Median (IQR)
Functional scales
Physical functioning	79.9 (21.4)	87 (67-100)	80.3 (19.5)	87 (73-100)	0.954
Role functioning	80.2 (26.7)	100 (67-100)	77.9 (26.1)	83 (67-100)	0.509
Cognitive functioning	81.9 (21.6)	83 (67-100)	82.9 (19.7)	83 (67-100)	0.842
Emotional functioning	82.1 (20.5)	92 (75-100)	76.1 (21.5)	79 (58-96)	0.116
Social functioning	81.5 (22.5)	83 (67-100)	73.7 (26)	83 (50-100)	0.115
Symptoms
Dyspnoea	10.5 (22.1)	0 (0-0)	10.8 (21.5)	0 (0-0)	0.869
Insomnia	28.7 (29.1)	33 (0-33)	27.8 (28.1)	33 (0-33)	0.917
Appetite loss	10 (19.7)	0 (0-0)	12.3 (20.6)	0 (0-33)	0.489
Nausea/vomiting	10.7 (17.4)	0 (0-17)	4.7 (9.8)	0 (0-0)	0.079
Constipation	10.5 (22.1)	0 (0-0)	6.9 (13.6)	0 (0-0)	0.665
Diarrhoea	13.6 (22.7)	0 (0-33)	19.3 (24.4)	0 (0-33)	0.141
Fatigue	30.5 (23.3)	22 (17-33)	34.2 (23.4)	33 (22-50)	0.263
Pain	18.3 (22.4)	17 (0-33)	17.9 (21.6)	17 (0-33)	0.906
Financial problems	16.4 (26.7)	0 (0-33)	27.1 (32.8)	0 (0-67)	0.069
Global health status	66.6 (22.9)	67 (50-83)	67.4 (19.9)	67 (58-83)	0.846

IQR: Interquartile range; SD: Standard deviation.