Biofeedback therapy combined with Baduanjin on quality of life and gastrointestinal hormone level in patients with colorectal cancer

Table 4 QLQ-CR38 scores of four groups before and after treatment (mean ± SD, min)

Group dimension	Group A		Group B		Group C		Group D
	Baseline	12 wk	Baseline	12 wk	Baseline	12 wk	Baseline	12 wk
Functional dimension
Body image	43.17 ± 16.45	49.45 ± 12.25a	41.32 ± 16.77	50.46 ± 13.24b	43.43 ± 17.16	53.43 ± 15.05b	42.48 ± 13.38	79.78 ± 13.75b,e
Future expectation	42.48 ± 13.27	47.48 ± 11.83	42.14 ± 14.42	61.93 ± 15.58b,e	43.64 ± 16.65	62.75 ± 15.16b,e	41.52 ± 15.60	80.48 ± 10.68b,e
Sexual function	23.45 ± 9.49	30.45 ± 12.65b	24.32 ± 8.35	35.82 ± 12.42b	22.64 ± 8.13	36.46 ± 11.55b	23.48 ± 9.37	43.33 ± 13.38b,e
Sexual satisfaction	38.52 ± 12.42	43.30 ± 13.72a	39.07 ± 11.26	52.29 ± 11.92b,e	40.07 ± 14.27	53.71 ± 12.60b,e	39.33 ± 13.21	65.07 ± 14.07b,e
Symptom dimension
Urination problem	45.28 ± 14.14	42.38 ± 12.05	44.86 ± 13.64	35.29 ± 10.73b,d	46.18 ± 12.16	35.29 ± 12.39b,d	44.56 ± 13.60	23.44 ± 7.80b,e
Gastrointestinal symptoms	37.34 ± 13.55	35.45 ± 11.06	38.46 ± 16.65	28.50 ± 12.71b,d	37.21 ± 15.35	27.54 ± 10.85b,e	38.44 ± 14.19	17.63 ± 9.37b,e
Adverse reactions of chemotherapy	14.34 ± 4.53	29.28 ± 6.64b	15.54 ± 7.09	26.18 ± 7.49b	15.46 ± 5.90	25.96 ± 5.98b	15.26 ± 5.16	18.41 ± 4.91a,e
Defecation problem	23.52 ± 9.70	35.38 ± 8.67b	24.18 ± 8.64	30.18 ± 7.83b,d	23.43 ± 7.36	29.82 ± 9.29b,d	24.56 ± 8.16	26.33 ± 6.52e
Issue related to stoma	50.45 ± 11.30	44.52 ± 11.23a	50.50 ± 10.90	36.29 ± 9.08b,e	49.54 ± 12.23	38.18 ± 6.91b,e	49.33 ± 11.68	24.74 ± 6.76b,e
Male sexual problems	60.83 ± 14.90	51.07 ± 13.44b	62.11 ± 11.25	45.71 ± 12.18b	60.93 ± 14.03	43.64 ± 10.73b,d	61.56 ± 13.27	42.63 ± 11.08b,e
Female sexual problems	26.72 ± 8.69	23.38 ± 5.80b	27.43 ± 7.71	21.68 ± 5.83b	27.86 ± 6.90	20.36 ± 5.70b	27.52 ± 8.10	18.30 ± 5.77b,e
Body mass	54.48 ± 14.19	49.41 ± 11.97a	55.32 ± 13.65	41.11 ± 9.87b,e	55.18 ± 11.44	42.68 ± 11.67b,d	55.11 ± 16.54	34.74 ± 9.65b,e

^aP < 0.05, the intra-group comparison of each group at different time points.

^bP < 0.01, the intra-group comparison of each group at different time points.

^dP < 0.05, the comparison of group B, group C and group D with the group A at the same time point.

^eP < 0.01, the comparison of group B, group C and group D with the group A at the same time point.