TABLE 2.
Cancer loneliness, mental, social and physical functioning scores in couples at baseline.
| Characteristic | Prostate cancer couples | Breast cancer couples | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survivor | Partner | Survivor | Partner | |||||
| (n = 75) | (n = 73) | (n = 44) | (n = 43) | |||||
| Mean (SD) or % | Range | Mean (SD) or % | Range | Mean (SD) or % | Range | Mean (SD) or % | Range | |
| Cancer loneliness | 1.7 (0.7) | 1.0–3.7 | 1.8 (0.7) | 1.0–3.6 | 2.3 (0.8) | 1.0–4.1 | 1.8 (0.7) | 1.0–3.6 |
| Cancer loneliness >1 | 77.3% | | 74.0% | | 95.5% | | 76.7% | |
| Anxiety (PROMIS) | 46.1 (0.2) | 37.1–66.6 | 49.2 (7.8) | 37.1–66.6 | 51.4 (8.7) | 37.1–68.7 | 49.5 (9.6) | 37.1–73.0 |
| Depressive symptoms (CES-D) | 7.2 (7.3) | 0.0–30.0 | 7.1 (6.8) | 0.0–34.0 | 10.8 (9.6) | 0.0–40.0 | 9.3 (8.6) | 0.0–37.0 |
| Social function (SF-36) | 51.9 (7.9) | 24.1–56.9 | 52.1 (7.5) | 24.1–56.9 | 47.1 (8.3) | 24.1–56.9 | 50.3 (9.6) | 24.1–56.9 |
| Physical function (SF-36) | 51.6 (5.5) | 36.0–57.0 | 51.9 (5.7) | 29.7–57.3 | 48.7 (8.0) | 21.3–57.0 | 52.3 (10.3) | 23.4–57.0 |
| Bodily pain (SF-36) | 50.2 (8.6) | 33.0–62.1 | 50.5 (8.0) | 33.0–62.1 | 49.0 (7.6) | 29.2–62.1 | 51.9 (7.8) | 37.2–62.12 |