Table 2.
HERSTORY Psychosocial Stress Measures, Cancer History, and Social Determinants of Health stratified by Allostatic Load (n=303)
| Low AL N = 127 |
Moderate AL N = 87 |
High AL N = 89 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Psychosocial stress measures | |||
| Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 14.5 (6.84) | 15.1 (6.36) | 14.3 (7.86) |
| Low (≤13), n (%) | 65 (51.2) | 32 (36.8) | 45 (50.6) |
| Moderate (14–16) or High (≥27), n (%) | 62 (48.8) | 55 (63.2) | 44 (49.4) |
| Cancer Worry Scale (CWS-8) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 14.1 (4.22) | 13.9 (3.77) | 14.3 (4.62) |
| High (>14), n (%) | 49 (38.6) | 35 (40.2) | 33 (37.5) |
| Depression, n (%) | 21 (16.5) | 19 (21.8) | 25 (28.1) |
| Past cancer diagnosis, n (%) | 17 (13.4) | 11 (12.6) | 17 (19.1) |
| Social Determinants of Health | |||
| State Area Deprivation Index (ADI) | |||
| Median (IQR) | 3 (2, 4) | 3 (2, 4) | 3 (2, 6) |
| National Area Deprivation Index (ADI) | |||
| Median (IQR) | 5.5 (3, 11) | 7 (3, 12) | 7 (3, 15) |
Values are mean (SD) unless otherwise specified
Stress measures by AL tertile – only among patients with no missing values across subset of 10 components (N = 303)