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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jul 20;25(21):3151–3157. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.09.6958

Table 3.

Observed Means and Standard Deviations for Sexuality, Stress, and Physical Functioning at Recurrence Diagnosis for Disease-Free and Recurrence Subgroups

Outcome
Disease Free (n =120)
Recurrence (n = 60
Local Recurrence (n =21)
Distant Recurrence (n =39)
Younger Recurrence (n =30)
Older Recurrence (n =30)
Measure Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Sexuality
 Intercourse frequency 2.03 1.52 1.55 1.52 1.67 1.45 1.48 1.57 2.05 1.61 1.13 1.33
 Kissing frequency 6.14 2.52 6.61 2.58 6.27 2.25 6.79 2.76 7.20 2.07 6.13 2.89
 Sexual satisfaction 3.44 2.07 3.34 2.07 3.53 1.60 3.24 2.29 4.00 2.10 2.79 1.91
 Relationship satisfaction 3.80 1.19 4.07 1.23 3.90 1.17 4.17 1.28 4.41 0.98 3.70 1.38
Cancer-specific stress
 IES 13.30 13.04 20.60 14.86 20.60 15.17 20.61 14.89 22.61 13.93 18.73 15.67
Physical functioning
 SymS/Tox 0.22 0.11 0.26 0.11 0.25 0.11 0.26 0.12 0.24 0.12 0.27 0.11
 KPS 90.88 8.47 78.98 10.45 80.00 8.37 78.42 11.51 77.59 12.44 80.33 8.09

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; IES, impact of events scale; SymS/Tox, symptoms, signs, illnesses, and toxicities; KPS, Karnofsky performance status.