Table 4.
HADS, SOC and SRH scores at baseline and follow-up stratified by cancer diagnosis (yes/no), and the difference in change between diagnosis groups
| Cancer | Not cancer | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HADS | Range | Baseline | Follow-up | Difference within groupa | Baseline | Follow-up | Difference within groupa | Difference between groups at baselineb | Difference between groups at follow-upb | Difference between intra difference within groupsc | |||
| HADS Anxiety, n (%) | n =147 | n =147 | p-value | n =519 | n =519 | p-value | p-value | ES d | p-value | ES d | p-value | ES d | |
| Score <8 | 100 (68) | 107 (73) | 338 (65) | 373 (72) | |||||||||
| Score ≥8 | 47 (32) | 39 (27) | 181 (35) | 146 (28) | |||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 0–21 | 5.6 (4.4) | 5.4 (4.3) | 0.58 | 6.3 (4.5) | 5.4 (4.2) | <0.001 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.84 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.20 |
| HADS Depression, n (%) | n =146 | n =146 | n =517 | n =517 | |||||||||
| Score <8 | 113 (77) | 113 (77) | 386 (75) | 397 (77) | |||||||||
| Score ≥8 | 33 (23) | 33 (23) | 131 (25) | 120 (23) | |||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 0–21 | 4.4 (4.1) | 4.5 (4.3) | 1.00 | 5.0 (4.1) | 4.5 (4.2) | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.07 | 0.90 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.20 |
| Sense of Coherence | n =133 | n =133 | n =471 | n =471 | |||||||||
| SOC Total score, median (IQR) | 13–91 | 76 (68–83) | 75 (67–81) | 0.07 | 73 (61–80) | 73 (62–80) | 0.07 | 0.001 | 0.04 | 0.42 | |||
| Self-rated Health | |||||||||||||
| Self-rated Health currently, n (%) | n =145 | n =145 | n =523 | n =523 | |||||||||
| (very) good | 36 (25) | 36 (25) | 0.13 | 96 (18) | 104 (20) | 0.68 | 0.06 | 0.12 | |||||
| fair | 47 (32) | 51 (35) | 203 (39) | 216 (41) | 0.08 | 0.21 | |||||||
| (very) poor | 62 (43) | 58 (40) | 1.00 | 224 (43) | 203 (39) | 0.23 | 0.49 | 0.85 | 0.22 | ||||
| Self-rated Health compared to 3 months, n (%) | n =145 | n = 145 | n =522 | n =522 | |||||||||
| (very) good | 10 (7) | 24 (17) | 0.12 | 44 (8) | 149 (29) | <0.001 | 0.73 | <0.01 | |||||
| fair | 54 (37) | 60 (41) | 248 (48) | 264 (50) | 0.03 | 0.06 | |||||||
| (very) poor | 81 (57) | 61 (42) | 0.02 | 230 (44) | 109 (21) | <0.001 | 0.01 | <0.001 | <0.01 | ||||
Bold values show statistical differences within and between groups
aMcNemar’s χ2 for categorial data and Wilcoxon signed-rank test for continues data. For SRH the fair category was used as reference
bχ2 test for categorial data and Wilcoxon rank sum test for continues data
cWilcoxon rank sum test of the mean intragroup difference
dEffect size (ES) estimated by Cohen’s d; <0.20 = none, 0.20–0.49 = small, 0.50–0.79 = moderate, ≥0.80 = large