Fig. 1.

Longitudinal trajectories of scale scores by surgery type. Coordinates represent the fitted means at each time point from linear mixed models adjusted for age at diagnosis. Higher scores for CES-D and IES reflect worse symptoms; higher scores for the FSFI, FACT-G, and FACT-Cx scales reflect better functioning. Significant group differences were found only for the FACT-Cx scale, in which the radical trachelectomy patients had a significantly more gradual linear improvement as well as a significantly less-prounounced arc in their trajectory compared to the radical hysterectomy patients. Follow-up analysis revealed that these group differences were primarily due to greater radical trachelectomy endorsement of an item assessing concern about the ability to have children.