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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 27.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2005 Aug 1;104(3):467–478. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21198

TABLE 3.

Percentage of Prostate Carcinoma Patients with Anxiety

Study Measure Case definition Anxiety (%)
Prescreening/screening
    Bratt et al., 200028 One question (yes or no) PCa worry affects daily life? 31
    Cormier et al., 200227 STAI Scale deterioration > 2 SE measurement 21
    Demark-Wahnefried et al., 199522 One question (yes or no) “Provides peace of mind” 50, 63
    Taylor et al., 200223 IES 34/35+ 50
    Ward et al., 199724 One question (yes or no) “Have you ever worried that you might have PCa?” 29
Postscreening
    Cormier et al., 200227 STAI Scale deterioration > 2 SE measurement 13
    Cormier et al., 200243 One question, 5-item response Top 3 of 5 items 36
    Taylor et al., 200223 IES Any intrusive thoughts? 35
Treatment, localized
    Bisson et al., 200231 HADS 11+ 10
IES 35+ 14
    Caffo et al., 199632 One question (yes or no) “Yes” to “felt worried” 40
    Ficarra et al., 200036 HADS 11+ 17
    Nordin et al., 200145 HADS 8+ 9 (DX), 15 (6 mos)
Treatment, nonlocalized
    Lintz et al., 200340 HADS 8+ 14
11+ 2
    Nordin et al., 200145 HADS 8+ 18 (DX), 12 (6 mos)
    Potosky et al., 200141 One question “Experience any worry about PCa” 62
PSA monitoring
    Steineck et al., 20023 STAI-T >90th percentile 9 (surgery), 10 (WW)
One question, 7-item response Top 5 of 7 items
    Roth et al., 199839 HADS-A 7+ 33
Distress Thermometer 5+ 29
    Lofters et al., 200237 One question, 5-item response Top 2 of 5 items, 24 hrs before PSA check 31
“I would feel anxious” discontinuing PSA tests, 5-item response Top 2 of 5 items, 24 hrs before PSA check 83

PCa: prostate carcinoma; STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; SE: standard error; IES: Impact of Event Scale; DX: diagnosis; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HADS-A: HADS Anxiety subscale; WW: watchful waiting; PSA: prostate-specific antigen.