Table 4: Breast cancer patients' functioning and symptoms scores as measured by the EORTC QLQBR23* (n = 60)

1st Chemotherapy cycle
Mean Score (95% CI) / 3rd Chemotherapy cycle
Mean Score (95% CI) / 4th Chemotherapy cycle
Mean Score (95% CI) / 5th Chemotherapy cycle
Mean Score (95% CI) / 6th Chemotherapy cycle
Mean Score (95% CI)
Treatment / Control / Treatment / Control / Treatment / Control / Treatment / Control / Treatment / Control
Functioning
Body image / 64.52
(56.44,72.59) / 73.93
(65.58,82.28) / 67.75
(60.08,75.43) / 68.70
(60.77,76.64) / 67.18
(60.40,73.96) / 75.02
(68.01,82.03) / 72.66
(65.54,79.78) / 71.75
(64.39,79.11) / 75.59
(67.63,83.56) / 68.72
(60.49,76.96)
Sexual / 46.82
(34.82,58.81) / 33.83
(21.43,46.23) / 47.37
(36.72,58.81) / 32.16
(21.15,43.17) / 54.90
(43.96,65.85) / 39.09
(27.78,50.41) / 53.83
(42.74,64.92) / 38.54
(27.07,50.01) / 53.85
(42.52,65.19) / 42.55
(30.83,54.27)
Sexual enjoyment / 34.43
(21.71,47.15) / 27.59
(14.43,40.74) / 25.85
(15.09,36.61) / 19.55
(8.43, 30.68) / 19.33
(9.19, 29.48) / 24.14
(13.65,34.63) / 22.60
(11.89,33.32) / 25.28
(14.20,36.35) / 20.44
(9.80, 31.09) / 27.59
(16.58,38.59)
Future perspective / 31.08
(20.04,42.13) / 48.28
(36.86,59.70) / 37.53
(26.52,48.54) / 48.31
(36.93,59.69) / 37.58
(28.26,46.90) / 48.35
(38.71,57.98) / 50.60
(40.72,60.48) / 50.69
(40.47, 0.91) / 53.90
(45.29,62.52) / 56.48
(47.58,65.39)
Symptom+
Arm / 24.72
(17.26,32.18) / 17.99
(10.28,25.70) / 25.43
(18.44,32.42) / 19.53
(12.30,26.76) / 27.23
(19.47,34.98) / 24.51
(16.49,32.52) / 27.94
(21.83,34.04) / 22.97
(16.66,29.29) / 27.94
(21.41,34.47) / 24.88
(18.13,31.64)
Breast / 15.59
(9.07, 22.11) / 12.55
(5.81, 19.29) / 10.74
(5.08, 16.41) / 14.88
(9.03, 20.74) / 10.21
(5.14, 15.27) / 18.10
(12.87,23.34) / 13.71
(9.78, 17.65) / 16.37
(12.30,20.44) / 15.04
(9.73, 20.35) / 20.68
(15.19,26.16)
Systematic therapy side effect / 38.80
(32.14,45.45) / 33.18
(26.30,40.06) / 39.02
(33.34,44.70) / 37.29
(31.41,43.16) / 39.79
(33.77,45.81) / 39.91
(33.68,46.13) / 42.10
(35.33,48.86) / 41.20
(34.21,48.20) / 38.24
(31.58,44.91) / 48.65
(41.76,55.55)
Upset by hair loss / 25.28
(12.85,37.71) / 31.03
(18.60,43.46) / 24.51
(14.79,34.23) / 16.67
(6.94, 26.39) / 34.48
(22.73,46.23) / 25.28
(13.53,37.03) / 34.84
(24.60,45.08) / 28.96
(18.71,39.20) / 36.77
(25.58,47.97) / 36.77
(25.58,47.97)

* Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores representing a higher level of functioning.

+ Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores representing a higher level of symptoms.

Bold, significant different, α <0.05

Repeated measure anova.