Table 2.

Distributions of level of psychological distress according to medical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients

Patient characteristics	% (n)	HAD total mean ± SE	Treatment factors	n (%)	HAD total mean ± SE
Marital status			Current Treatment
Married	75.9 (79)	13.17 ± 7.87	Tamoxifen	47.1 (49)	13.65 ± 8.30
Single	24 (25)	19.12 ± 10.47	Aromatase inhibitors (AI)	52.9 (55)	15.45 ± 9.37
		MWU = 704, p = 0.031			MWU = 1223, p = 0.417
Children			Duration of AET
One or More	82.7 (86)	14.36 ± 8.53	Between 1 and 24 months	49 (51)	16.01 ± 9.19
None	17.3 (18)	15.77 ± 10.60	Between 25 and 58 months	51 (53)	13.24 ± 8.45
		MWU = 761, p = 0.911			MWU = 1073, p = 0.070
Education			Pathological tumor stage
Primary or secondary	33.7 (35)	18.68 ± 9.57	T1	40.4 (42)	15.40 ± 9.28
High school	32.7 (34)	12.38 ± 7.23	T2	51 (53)	14.30 ± 8.83
College or above	33.7 (35)	12.68 ± 8.43	T3	8.7 (9)	12.66 ± 7.77
		KW = 9.489, p = 0.009			KW = 0.589, p = 0.745
Body mass index			Histological grade
≤24.99	31.7 (33)	12.48 ± 7.12	Grade I	11.5 (12)	12.91 ± 9.11
25–29.9	40.4 (42)	14.33 ± 9.65	Grade II	49 (51)	15.60 ± 8.98
≥30	27.9 (29)	17.41 ± 9.08	Grade III	39.4 (41)	13.85 ± 8.77
		KW = 4.188, p = 0.123			KW = 1.750, p = 0.417
Menopausal status			Type of surgery
Pre-menopausal	46.2 (48)	13.50 ± 8.43	Mastectomy	56.7 (59)	14.66 ± 8.76
Peri or post-menopausal	53.8 (56)	15.55 ± 9.23	Breast conserving surgery	43.3 (45)	14.53 ± 9.14
		MWU = 1194, p = 0.329			MWU = 1308, p = 0.901
Socioeconomic status			Radiotherapy
Low	17.3 (18)	16.05 ± 10.11	Yes/no	71.2 (74)/28.8 (30)	14.97 ± 8.97/13.70 ± 8.75
Middle	70.2 (73)	14.24 ± 8.69			MWU = 1020, p = 0.520
High	12.5 (13)	14.61 ± 8.73	Chemotherapy
		KW = 0.512, p = 0.774	Yes/no	61.5 (64)/38.5 (40)	15.21 ± 9.02/13.62 ± 8.69
					MWU = 1129, p = 0.314

MWU Mann–Whitney U, KW Kruskall Wallis