Table 2. Mean scores for negative moods and distress, and percentage of men with scores of clinical significancea.
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PSA test (time-point 1)
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Biopsy (time-point 2)
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Post-negative result (time-point 3)
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12-week follow-up (time-point 4)
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| Questionnaire and subscale | Mean (s.d.) | % High scores (n/N) | Mean (s.d.) | % High scores (n/N) | Mean (s.d.) | % High scores (n/N) | Mean (s.d.) | % High scores (n/N) |
| POMS tension-anxiety | 3.77 (3.48) | 10.5 (14/133) | 5.07 (4.11) | 19.4 (35/180) | 3.38 (3.75) | 8.9 (26/292) | 2.39 (2.89) | 4.8 (11/229) |
| Depression-dejection | 2.52 (4.57) | 7.5 (10/133) | 2.42 (3.65) | 5.1 (9/178) | 2.40 (4.10) | 6.5 (19/292) | 1.75 (3.49) | 3.1 (7/228) |
| Anger-hostility | 2.94 (3.56) | 6.8 (9/132) | 2.89 (3.37) | 5.6 (10/179) | 2.40 (3.43) | 6.2 (18/292) | 1.89 (2.68) | 3.9 (9/229) |
| Fatigue-inertia | 4.44 (4.30) | 12.0 (16/133) | 3.34 (3.37) | 5.0 (9/180) | 3.83 (4.19) | 7.5 (22/294) | 3.44 (3.53) | 4.4 (10/229) |
| Confusion-bewilderment | 2.62 (2.67) | 8.3 (11/133) | 2.56 (2.56) | 6.7 (12/178) | 2.16 (2.66) | 6.9 (20/292) | 1.75 (2.19) | 4.8 (11/229) |
| IES distress (total score) | 2.35 (4.43) | 0.8 (1/129) | 11.74 (13.76) | 19.3 (33/171) | 9.51 (12.32) | 16.9 (49/290) | 4.88 (8.82) | 9.7 (22/227) |
Abbreviations: IES=Impact of Events Scale; POMS=Profile of Mood States; PSA=prostate-specific antigen.
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Thresholds for clinical scores (see text for definitions): POMS tension-anxiety 9.0, depression-dejection 9.4, anger-hostility 8.3, fatigue-inertia 10.9, confusion-bewilderment 6.6; IES distress 19.0.
n/N=number of cases/number completing subscale.
Data are cross-sectional at each assessment time-point, from the whole study sample.