Table 1.

Improvement from Baseline to First Follow-up within Scale of Interest among Patients Who Have at Least One Follow-up Available by Disease Group.

Scale of Interest Advanced Brain Tumor (n=3) Early-stage Brain Tumor (n=8) Other Neurological Disease (n=4)
FACIT-Sp-12
  Did not improve 2 (66.7%) 3 (37.5%) 0 (0.0%)
  Improved from baseline 1 (33.3%) 5 (62.5%) 4 (100.0%)
FACIT-Sp-12: meaning/peace subscale
  Did not improve 2 (66.7%) 2 (25.0%) 1 (25.0%)
  Maintained highest possible from baseline 0 (0.0%) 1 (12.5%) 0 (0.0%)
  Improved from baseline 1 (33.3%) 5 (62.5%) 3 (75.0%)
FACIT-Sp-12: faith subscale
  Did not improve 1 (33.3%) 4 (50.0%) 2 (50.0%)
  Maintained highest possible from baseline 2 (66.7%) 3 (37.5%) 0 (0.0%)
  Improved from baseline 0 (0.0%) 1 (12.5%) 2 (50.0%)
LASA: Your overall quality of life
  Did not improve 1 (33.3%) 6 (75.0%) 2 (50.0%)
  Improved from baseline 2 (66.7%) 2 (25.0%) 2 (50.0%)
LASA: Your overall spiritual well-being
  Did not improve 2 (66.7%) 4 (50.0%) 1 (25.0%)
  Maintained highest possible from baseline 0 (0.0%) 1 (12.5%) 0 (0.0%)
  Improved from baseline 1 (33.3%) 3 (37.5%) 3 (75.0%)
Brief RCOPE positive religious coping subscale
  Did not improve 1 (33.3%) 2 (25.0%) 0 (0.0%)
  Improved from baseline 2 (66.7%) 6 (75.0%) 4 (100.0%)
Brief RCOPE negative religious coping subscale
  Did not improve 1 (33.3%) 3 (37.5%) 1 (25.0%)
  Maintained highest possible from baseline 2 (66.7%) 4 (50.0%) 3 (75.0%)
  Improved from baseline 0 (0.0%) 1 (12.5%) 0 (0.0%)

FACIT-Sp-12, functional assessment of chronic illness therapy–SWB; LASA, linear analog self-assessment; Brief RCOPE, brief religious coping scale.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2015 April; 6(2): e0015. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2015 April 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10199