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Published in final edited form as: Oncol Nurs Forum. 2015 Jan;42(1):E17–E23. doi: 10.1188/15.ONF.E17-E23

Table 2. Mean Scores on the Distress Thermometer and Subscales Across Groups.

Variable	Range	During Treatment (n = 25)		After Treatment (n = 25)		Three Months Post-Treatment (n = 25)		Six Months Post-Treatment (n = 25)		p

		X̄	SD	X̄	SD	¯X	SD	¯X	SD
Distress	0–10	5.08^*	3.3^*	4.1^*	2.9^*	4.2^*	2.9^*	3.6^**	3.2^*	0.002
Practical	0–6	0.96^*	1.2^*	0.8^*	0.83^*	0.56^*	0.95^*	0.76^*	0.64^*	0.54
Family	0–4	0.6^*	0.6^*	0.6^*	1.04^*	0.64^*	0.82^*	0.4^*	0.8^*	0.73
Emotional	0–6	2.88^*	2^*	2.16^*	2.1^*	2.44^*	1.9^*	1.2^**	1.71^*	0.01
Physical	0–21	6.12^*	3.2^*	4.24^*	3.5^*	4.52^*	3.3^*	2.76^**	3.1^*	0.003
Spiritual	0–1	0.04^*	0.2^*	0.04^*	0.2^*	0.04^*	0.2^*	0^*	0^*	0.8
Total	0–38	10.68^*	5.8^*	7.88^*	6.5^*	8.16^*	5.5^*	5.12^**	5.2^*	0.007

No significant differences were found.

^**

Significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) were found.