Table 3.
Means and standard deviations of the psychosocial variables
| Low FCR (n = 47) CWS < 14 |
High FCR (n = 29) CWS ≥ 14 |
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| EORTC QLQ-C30 | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p value |
| Global health/QoLc | 77.6 | (19.1) | 56.7 | (26.7) | p < 0.001 |
| Physical functioningb | 81.1 | (21.9) | 68.5 | (30.7) | p = 0.052 |
| Role functioningc | 81.7 | (24.1) | 59.6 | (38.1) | p = 0.004 |
| Emotional functioningc | 93.5 | (11.3) | 72.4 | (23.9) | p < 0.001 |
| Cognitive functioningb | 86.5 | (18.9) | 68.6 | (25.1) | p = 0.001 |
| Social functioningc | 93.7 | (12.7) | 62.8 | (38.7) | p < 0.001 |
| EORTC QLQ-CR38 | |||||
| Body imagec | 91.4 | (15.1) | 70.4 | (32.8) | p < 0.001 |
| Sexual functioning | 23.0 | (22.6) | 20.4 | (19.8) | p = 0.623 |
| Future perspectivec | 88.9 | (15.9) | 56.8 | (27.4) | p < 0.001 |
| General distress | |||||
| HADS total | 5.5 | (5.0) | 13.8 | (6.9) | p < 0.001 |
| Cancer-specific distress | |||||
| IES total | 2.8 | (6.3) | 15.4 | (14.6) | p = 0.001 |
| Intrusion | 1.9 | (3.9) | 8.2 | (7.9) | p = 0.001 |
| Avoidance | 0.9 | (2.5) | 8.0 | (7.4) | p < 0.001 |
| FCRI | |||||
| Triggers | 6.3 | (5.6) | 15.5 | (5.6) | p < 0.001 |
| Psychological distress | 1.9 | (2.0) | 7.6 | (3.5) | p < 0.001 |
| Functioning impairments | 1.1 | (2.1) | 6.9 | (5.3) | p < 0.001 |
| Insight | 0.3 | (0.7) | 2.1 | (2.2) | p < 0.001 |
| Reassurance | 1.1 | (2.0) | 2.9 | (3.1) | p = 0.005 |
asmall difference 5–10 points
bmedium difference 10–20 points
clarge difference > 20 points