Table 2.
Medians, third quartiles (Q3), and differences between groups of participants.
| Nonclinical population | HOSQ Reading, median (Q3) | P a | HOSQ Interacting, median (Q3) | P a | Total score, median (Q3) |
P a | ||
| All (N=229) | 9 (14) |
|
1 (4) |
|
11 (18) |
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Gender |
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Women (n=74) | 11 (17) | .006 | 2 (6) | .06 | 14 (20) | .003 |
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|
Men (n=155) | 8 (13) |
|
1 (4) |
|
10 (16) |
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Health problems |
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|
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|
|
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|
No health problem (n=108) | 6 (11) | ˂.001 | 1 (4) | .17 | 8 (16) | .001 |
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|
Health problem (n=119) | 11 (15) |
|
1 (5) |
|
13 (19) |
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|
Marital status |
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Married/cohabitating (n=168) | 8 (13.5) | .28 | 1 (4) | .41 | 10.5 (17) | .22 |
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Single (n=61) | 9 (15) |
|
1 (6) |
|
11 (19) |
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Education |
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University education (n=100) | 10 (15.50) | .02 | 1 (4) | .98 | 12 (19) | .06 |
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≤High school (n=125) | 7 (13) |
|
2 (4) |
|
10 (17) |
|
| Cancer population (n=190) | 8 (17) |
|
2 (6.75) |
|
12 (23) |
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Gender |
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|
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Women (n=88) | 8 (17.5) | .17 | 4 (10) | .006 | 14.5 (26) | .02 |
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Men (n=102) | 7 (14.5) |
|
1 (4) |
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9 (19) |
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Marital status |
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Married/cohabitating (n=160) | 8 (16) | .93 | 2 (6) | .63 | 12 (22.75) | .89 |
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Single (n=29) | 8 (18) |
|
1 (8) |
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12 (26) |
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Education |
|
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|
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|
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University education (n=99) | 11 (19) | ˂.001 | 3 (10) | .005 | 16 (28) | ˂.001 |
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≤High school (n=88) | 5 (11) |
|
1 (5) |
|
7 (16.5) |
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a Mann-Whitney U test.