Table 3.
Differences in Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS) summary scores among the four latent classes
| MSAS scores | All Low (1) n = 163 (28.0%) |
Moderate Physical and Lower Psych (2) n = 153 (26.3%) |
Moderate Physical and Higher Psych (3) n = 148 (25.4%) |
All High (4) n = 118 (20.3%) |
Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Total number of symptoms | 3.88 (2.41) | 10.72 (3.87) | 10.74 (3.56) | 20.26 (5.24) | F(3,578)=427.54 p<.0001 1 < 2, 3, and 4 2 and 3 < 4 |
| MSAS PSYCH Subscale score | 0.17 (0.23) | 0.58 (0.46) | 1.17 (0.61) | 1.89 (0.59) | F(3,578)=327.211 p<.0001 1 < 2 < 3 <4 |
| MSAS PHYSICAL Subscale score | 0.25 (0.27) | 0.90 (0.53) | 0.75 (0.45) | 1.48 (0.51) | F(3,578)=176.08 p<.0001 1 <3 <2 <4 |
| MSAS Global Distress Index | 0.25 (0.26) | 0.85 (0.54) | 1.11 (0.51) | 1.91 (0.50) | F(3,578)=302.14 p<.0001 1 <2 <3 <4 |
| MSAS Total score | 0.22 (0.15) | 0.71 (0.34) | 0.70 (0.28) | 1.35 (0.39) | F(3,578)=328.85 p<.0001 1 < 2, 3, and 4 2 and 3 < 4 |
Abbreviation: SD = standard deviation