Follow-up study on symptom distress in esophageal cancer patients undergoing repeated dilation

Table 5 Distress incidence and item score in esophageal carcinoma patients repeatedly undergoing dilation for esophageal stenosis

After the 1st dilation (n = 105)			After the 2nd dilation (n = 102)			After the 3rd dilation (n = 96)			After the 4th dilation (n = 53)			After the 5th dilation (n = 48)			After the 6th dilation (n = 30)			After the 7th dilation (n = 13)
Item	%	mean ± SD	Item	%	mean ± SD	Item	%	mean ± SD	Item	%	mean ± SD	Item	%	mean ± SD	Item	%	mean ± SD	Item	%	mean ± SD
Work	49.3	4.7 ± 1.1	Work	56.7	4.8 ± 1.4	Emotion	56.2	4.7 ± 2.3	Emotion	57.3	5.1 ± 2.4	Life fun	49.6	4.7 ± 2.2	Life fun	51.4	5.2 ± 3.0	General activities	54.8	5.2 ± 2.4
Emotion	49	4.2 ± 1.2	Emotion	52.5	4.6 ± 2.2	General activities	40.6	4.2 ± 1.6	Life fun	40.7	4.5 ± 1.8	2 Emotion	48.1	4.9 ± 1.3	General activities	37.2	5.0 ± 2.9	Emotion	43.7	5.3 ± 1.7
General activities	32.1	3.8 ± 0.9	Life fun	50.9	3.9 ± 1.7	Life fun	37.3	4.1 ± 2.0	General activities	40.7	4.1 ± 2.3	3 General activities	31.7	4.9 ± 2.4	Emotion	37	4.9 ± 1.8	Life fun	42.9	3.9 ± 1.1