Table 2.

Demographic, Clinical, and Treatment Characteristics of the Patients (N = 396)

Characteristic	Mean (SD)
Age (years)	54.9 (11.6)
Education (years)	15.7 (2.6)
Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire score	4.3 (2.8)
Karnofsky Performance Status score	93.2 (10.3)
	%
Non-white	35.4
Married or partnered	41.5
Lives alone	24.1
Employed	47.5
Postmenopausal	62.3
Stage of disease
0	18.3
I	37.9
IIA, IIB	35.4
IIIA,IIIB,IIIC,IV	8.3
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy	19.8
Type of surgery
Breast conservation	79.9
Mastectomy	20.1
Sentinel lymph node biopsy	82.4
Axillary node dissection	37.4
Underwent reconstruction at time of surgery	21.6
Received adjuvant radiation therapy in first six months	56.6
Received adjuvant chemotherapy in the first six months	33.6
Symptom severity scores prior to surgery	Mean (SD)
Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression score	13.7 (9.8)
Trait Anxiety Inventory score	35.3 (9.0)
State Anxiety Inventory score	41.8 (13.5)
General Sleep Disturbance Scale score	48.3 (21.6)
Lee Fatigue Scale - Fatigue score	3.1 (2.4)
Lee Fatigue Scale - Energy score	4.9 (2.5)
Attentional Function Index score	6.6 (1.9)