Table 3. Mean scores for the longitudinal cohort (those who completed all the questionnaires they were sent).
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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) | P-valuea |
| POMS tension-anxiety | 2.95 (2.83) | 4.6 (3/66) | 5.02 (4.31) | 19.1 (25/131) | 3.17 (3.66) | 8.8 (17/194) | 2.31 (2.77) | 3.6 (7/194) | <0.001 |
| Depression-dejection | 1.72 (2.57) | 1.5 (1/65) | 2.38 (3.65) | 5.5 (7/128) | 1.99 (3.62) | 5.2 (10/191) | 1.60 (3.07) | 2.1 (4/191) | 0.086 |
| Anger-hostility | 2.37 (2.56) | 4.6 (3/66) | 2.71 (3.31) | 5.4 (7/130) | 2.18 (3.39) | 5.7 (11/194) | 1.88 (2.61) | 3.6 (7/194) | 0.041 |
| Fatigue-inertia | 3.42 (3.22) | 3.0 (2/66) | 3.17 (3.38) | 4.6 (6/131) | 3.22 (3.56) | 4.1 (8/195) | 3.24 (3.34) | 3.1 (6/195) | 0.95 |
| Confusion-bewilderment | 2.41 (2.17) | 6.1 (4/66) | 2.43 (2.49) | 7.0 (9/129) | 1.88 (2.29) | 3.6 (7/193) | 1.68 (2.07) | 4.2 (8/193) | 0.002 |
| IES distress (total score) | 2.52 (5.20) | 1.7 (1/60) | 11.98 (14.23) | 21.1 (24/114) | 9.84 (12.74) | 19.0 (34/179) | 4.93 (9.01) | 8.9 (16/179) | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: IES=Impact of Events Scale; POMS=Profile of Mood States; PSA=prostate-specific antigen.
a
Overall test of differences across all four means.
n/N=number of cases/number in sample.