Table 4.
Variable | Full Sample |
Benign BT Sample |
Malignant BT Sample |
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N | r | N | r | N | r | |
BT type, benign vs malignant | 67 | 0.06 | NA | NA | ||
Gendera | 67 | 0.07 | 44 | −0.08 | 23 | −0.32 |
Age | 67 | −0.28*** | 44 | −0.11 | 23 | −0.37 |
Years of education | 67 | 0.11 | 44 | 0.15 | 23 | −0.04 |
Laterality (LH vs RH)b | 64 | 0.03 | 44 | 0.06 | 20 | −0.06 |
Radiation dosage | 67 | 0.02 | 44 | −0.11 | 23 | 0.01 |
Medical treatments receivedc | 67 | −0.06 | 44 | −0.17 | 23 | −0.28 |
Anticonvulsant medicationd | 67 | 0.00 | 44 | 0.24 | 23 | −0.44*** |
Psychiatric historye | 67 | 0.20 | 44 | −0.01 | 23 | 0.35 |
Psychosocial variables at T1 | ||||||
PCL-S | 67 | 0.64** | 44 | 0.69** | 23 | 0.63** |
IES total | 67 | 0.57** | 44 | 0.57** | 23 | 0.64** |
FACT-PWB | 67 | −0.44** | 44 | −0.49** | 23 | −0.36 |
SWB | 67 | −0.09 | 44 | −0.11 | 23 | 0.06 |
EWB | 67 | −0.37* | 44 | −0.35*** | 23 | −0.34 |
FWB | 67 | −0.43** | 44 | −0.37*** | 23 | −0.48*** |
G/total | 67 | −0.49** | 44 | −0.50** | 23 | −0.46*** |
Br | 67 | −0.43** | 44 | −0.51** | 23 | −0.25 |
G/Br total | 67 | −0.52** | 44 | −0.57** | 23 | −0.40 |
POMS depression | 67 | 0.45** | 44 | 0.40* | 23 | 0.59* |
Anger | 67 | 0.61** | 44 | 0.67** | 23 | 0.48*** |
Vigor | 67 | 0.12 | 44 | 0.04 | 23 | 0.14 |
Fatigue | 67 | 0.48** | 44 | 0.40* | 23 | 0.57** |
Confusion | 67 | 0.56** | 44 | 0.48** | 23 | 0.73** |
PRCI positive support | 65 | 0.31*** | 42 | 0.31*** | 23 | 0.23 |
SCS friends/family | 67 | 0.45** | 44 | 0.43* | 23 | 0.48*** |
Spouse/partner | 67 | 0.34* | 44 | 0.35*** | 23 | 0.33 |
Neurocognitive variables at T1 | ||||||
LM I recall | 67 | −0.00 | 44 | −0.10 | 23 | 0.08 |
LM II recall | 67 | 0.03 | 44 | 0.10 | 23 | −0.11 |
Retention | 67 | −0.05 | 44 | 0.06 | 23 | −0.15 |
Digit Span | 67 | −0.13 | 44 | −0.19 | 23 | −0.11 |
Similarities | 67 | −0.03 | 44 | −0.08 | 23 | 0.04 |
COWAT | 67 | −0.27*** | 44 | −0.23 | 23 | −0.29 |
TMT-A | 59 | −0.18 | 38 | −0.02 | 21 | −0.30 |
B | −0.30*** | −0.22 | −0.44*** | |||
Major stressors between T1 and T2f | 65 | 0.18 | 44 | 0.14 | 23 | 0.27 |
aGender scored 1 = female, 2 = male.
bLaterality scored 1 = RH, 2 = LH.
cMedical treatments received scored 1 = received only radiation treatment, 2 = received multiple treatments (radiation as well as surgery and/or chemotherapy).
dAnticonvulsant medication: whether person is taking anticonvulsants, scored 0 = no, 1 = yes.
ePsychiatric history: whether person reported history of psychological problems prior to BT diagnosis, scored 0 = no, 1 = yes.
fMajor stressors: whether person reported experiencing concurrent major (non-BT) stressors between T1 and T2 assessments, scored 0 = no, 1 = yes.
*Statistically significant with adjusted alpha at P < .006.
**P < .002.
***Trend toward significance with P < .05.