Enhanced recovery after surgery pathways and postoperative gastrointestinal function in colorectal cancer: A prospective cohort study

Table 8 Quality of life scores (EORTC QLQ-C30) at different time points

Domain	Group	Preoperative	7 days postop	30 days postop	F/time effect (P value)	F/group effect (P value)	F/interaction (P value)
Physical function	Experimental	85.21 ± 6.32	70.14 ± 7.21	82.35 ± 6.78	185.326 (< 0.001)	22.174 (< 0.001)	15.893 (< 0.001)
	Control	84.67 ± 6.48	62.28 ± 8.12	74.62 ± 7.45
t (Exp vs Con)		0.462	5.583	5.823
P value		0.645	< 0.001	< 0.001
Role function	Experimental	83.52 ± 7.08	68.35 ± 6.87	80.18 ± 6.52	162.754 (< 0.001)	19.835 (< 0.001)	13.742 (< 0.001)
	Control	82.93 ± 7.25	60.08 ± 7.76	72.83 ± 7.09
t (Exp vs Con)		0.448	6.128	5.942
P value		0.655	< 0.001	< 0.001
Emotional function	Experimental	79.84 ± 8.15	72.46 ± 7.35	78.57 ± 6.98	98.634 (< 0.001)	15.724 (< 0.001)	9.865 (0.001)
	Control	78.62 ± 8.36	65.32 ± 8.57	71.24 ± 7.85
t		0.785	4.872	5.367
P value		0.434	< 0.001	< 0.001
GI symptoms	Experimental	12.35 ± 3.08	28.57 ± 4.48	16.28 ± 3.75	245.718 (< 0.001)	28.463 (< 0.001)	18.924 (< 0.001)
	Control	13.12 ± 3.26	38.21 ± 5.06	24.68 ± 4.23
t		-1.325	-10.845	-11.274
P value		0.188	< 0.001	< 0.001

GI: Gastrointestinal.