Biofeedback therapy combined with Baduanjin on quality of life and gastrointestinal hormone level in patients with colorectal cancer

Table 6 Correlation between gastrointestinal hormone levels and scores of functional areas of quality of life in colorectal cancer patients (R)

Project	Constipation symptom score	MTL	SS
Body image	-0.376b	0.617b	-0.532b
Future expectation	-0.530b	0.569b	-0.446b
sexual function	-0.334b	0.290b	-0.243b
Sexual satisfaction	-0.375b	0.369b	-0.250b
Urination problem	0.393b	-0.448b	0.334b
Gastrointestinal symptoms	0.436b	-0.390b	0.238a
Adverse reactions of chemotherapy	0.329b	-0.431b	0.305b
Defecation problem	0.265b	-0.002	0.166
Issue related to stoma	0.507b	-0.528b	0.410b
Male sexual problems	0.151	-0.643b	0.803b
Female sexual problems	0.305b	-0.244b	0.190a
Body mass	0.314b	-0.284b	0.195a

^aP < 0.05, between gastrointestinal hormone levels and scores of functional areas of quality of life in colorectal cancer patients.

^bP < 0.01, between gastrointestinal hormone levels and scores of functional areas of quality of life in colorectal cancer patients.

MTL: Levels of motilin; SS: Levels of somatostatin.