Table 3.

Differences in SSAS Total Scores and SSAS Items Between Groups

		BCS M (SD)	MW M (SD)	p^a
10-item total score		26.55 (5.75)	28.41 (6.13)	0.3666
8-item total score^b		20.20 (5.09)	22.01 (5.29)	0.5056

1.	I can't stand smoke, smog, or pollutants in the air.	3.72 (1.33)	6.62 (1.38)	0.5927
2.	I am often aware of various things happening within my body.	3.64 (1.05)	3.87 (0.97)	0.4005
3.	When I bruise myself, it stays noticeable for a long time.	2.63 (1.30)	2.78 (1.27)	0.0499
4.	I sometimes can feel the blood flowing in my body.	1.58 (0.96)	1.74 (1.12)	0.6795
5.	Sudden loud noises really bother me.	2.24 (1.18)	2.49 (1.20)	0.0572
6.	I can sometimes hear my pulse or my heartbeat throbbing in my ear.	2.26 (1.28)	2.22 (1.35)	0.8373
7.	I hate to be too hot or too cold.	3.84 (1.12)	4.06 (0.99)	0.8178
8.	I am quick to sense the hunger contractions in my stomach.	2.86 (1.23)	3.15 (1.24)	0.6037
9.	Even something minor, like an insect bite or a splinter really bothers me.	1.69 (0.97)	1.95 (1.16)	0.8471
10.	I can't stand pain.	2.10 (1.11)	2.54 (1.28)	0.9044

Breast cancer survivors (BCS) n=98; Midlife women (MW) n=138;

p<.05,

^**

p<.01,

^***

p<.001

p value of differences controlling for demographic differences in race, marital status, ability to pay for basics, smoking, current use of hot flash treatment (yes, no), current use of SERM/AI (yes, no), and number of concurrent medications.

8-item total omits items #1 and #3.