Evaluation of surgical strategy for low anterior resection syndrome using preoperative low anterior resection syndrome score in China

Table 2 Relationship between EORTC QLQ-C30 score and preoperative low anterior resection syndrome score in postoperative patients with rectal cancer, n = 186

C30 scales	No LARS	Minor LARS	Major LARS	P
				No vs minor	No vs major	Minor vs major
Total	26 (13.98)	109 (58.60)	51 (27.42)
PF	87.69 ± 17.96	88.38 ± 16.16	88.37 ± 12.35	0.836	0.627	0.571
RF	89.74 ± 17.69	85.63 ± 21.33	83.99 ± 19.99	0.303	0.163	0.47
EF	88.78 ± 17.79	88.46 ± 15.63	87.25 ± 13.16	0.773	0.284	0.243
CF	91.03 ± 15.08	87.31 ± 15.37	86.27 ± 15.88	0.184	0.154	0.713
SF	83.33 ± 25.39	81.80 ± 21.58	73.53 ± 20.05	0.386	0.018	0.007
Fatigue	21.37 ± 21.30	24.87 ± 22.17	28.32 ± 20.53	0.473	0.118	0.215
Nausea and vomiting	1.92 ± 5.43	2.29 ± 7.34	2.29 ± 7.47	0.963	0.863	0.851
Pain	8.33 ± 19.58	7.49 ± 13.89	11.44 ± 17.79	0.503	0.157	0.166
Dyspnea	3.85 ± 10.86	7.03 ± 14.40	8.50 ± 16.12	0.304	0.204	0.613
Sleep disturbance	10.26 ± 15.69	18.96 ± 25.40	16.99 ± 23.45	0.153	0.309	0.688
Appetite loss	8.97 ± 15.08	8.56 ± 15.32	5.23 ± 13.94	0.841	0.176	0.125
Constipation	20.51 ± 26.79	27.52 ± 26.00	20.26 ± 25.01	0.157	0.938	0.069
Diarrhea	12.82 ± 19.04	16.51 ± 19.58	24.18 ± 22.19	0.354	0.027	0.036
Financial impact	11.54 ± 16.17	17.74 ± 24.67	28.10 ± 30.82	0.382	0.028	0.044
Global quality of life	66.35 ± 27.54	69.50 ± 23.47	68.95 ± 18.71	0.767	0.965	0.67

Data are n (%) or mean standard deviation. CF: Cognitive functioning; EF: Emotional functioning; LARS: Low anterior resection syndrome; PF: Physical functioning; RF: Role functioning; SF: Social functioning.