Similar Quality of Life and Safety in Patients Receiving Inpatient or Outpatient Chemotherapy: A Focus on Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Healthcare (Basel) · 2020 · PMC7711819 · PMID 33139637

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a borderline significant trendp = 0.07so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The IPCT group was found to have a borderline significant trend in eating ( p = 0.07), reflux ( p = 0.09), and dry mouth ( p = 0.06) problems in comparison with the OPCT group.

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marginal significanceno p-value reported

The results showed that the mean global QoL scores were similar between patients who received IPCT and those who received OPCT, as were functional scales, including physical, role, emotional, cognitive, and social function; although worse role ( p = 0.09) and emotional ( p = 0.05) problems with marginal significance were mentioned in the OPCT group.

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