Influence of transcatheter arterial embolization on symptom distress and fatigue in liver cancer patients

Table 3 Fatigue scores on various subscales at postoperative day 3 following transcatheter arterial embolization

Subscale	T1	T2	T3	F	P value	Post hoc Bonferroni comparisons
Easily fatigued	2.7 ± 0.5	2.2 ± 0.4	1.7 ± 0.5	18.45	0.007	T1 > T2 > T3
Want to lie down	2.9 ± 1.0	2.3 ± 0.6	1.8 ± 0.7	21.33	0.005	T1 > T2 > T3
Feel exhausted	2.6 ± 0.8	1.9 ± 0.5	1.6 ± 0.3	21.36	0.005	T1 > T2 > T3
Feel distracted	1.7 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.6	1.5 ± 0.6	2.26	0.064
Feel energetic	4.6 ± 1.9	4.6 ± 1.2	4.7 ± 1.3	0.13	0.857
Feel physically tired	2.4 ± 1.1	2.1 ± 0.8	1.6 ± 0.7	12.67	0.013	T1 > T2 > T3
Feel talkative	1.2 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 0.4	1.5 ± 0.6	0.92	0.694
Interest in things	4.5 ± 1.6	4.5 ± 1.4	4.4 ± 1.0	0.39	0.921
Feel irritable	1.7 ± 0.4	1.6 ± 0.8	1.4 ± 0.5	3.39	0.043	T1 > T2 > T3
Feel forgetful	1.5 ± 0.8	1.3 ± 0.2	1.3 ± 0.3	1.15	0.624
Able to concentrate	2.0 ± 0.8	1.8 ± 0.7	1.9 ± 0.7	0.65	0.829
Feel unable to get going	2.4 ± 1.0	1.7 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.9	6.51	0.039	T1 > T2 > T3
Feel slower thinking	1.6 ± 1.0	1.49 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 0.90	0.75	0.721
Feel like making effort	1.9 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.2	1.3 ± 0.2	4.00	0.032	T1 > T2 > T3
Feel overwhelming fatigue	1.6 ± 0.7	1.4 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.4	2.31	0.067

T1, T2, and T3 represent different time points following transcatheter arterial embolization for liver cancer. F denotes the results of the analysis of variance, P value indicates the level of statistical significance, and Bonferroni signifies the post-hoc comparison method.