TABLE 3.

Pearson product-moment correlations between FACT-B total scores at each interview (Time1–Time4) after definitive surgical treatment and each covariate of interest measured at first interview (Time1)

	Time1	P value	Time2	P value	Time3	P value	Time4	P value
Time1 covariates	n = 549		n = 536a		n = 527b		n = 514
Age	.300	< 0.001	.258	< 0.001	.179	< 0.001	.177	< 0.001
Body mass index c	−.156	< 0.001	−.126	< 0.004	−.222	< 0.001	−.165	< 0.001
Surgical-side-effects severity	−.467	< 0.001	−.419	< 0.001	−.385	< 0.001	−.363	< 0.001
Comorbidity	−.112	0.009	−.129	0.003	−.134	0.002	−.130	0.003
Social support	.440	< 0.001	.427	< 0.001	.365	< 0.001	.376	< 0.001

FACT-B Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast, Time1 first interview (4–6 weeks), Time2 second interview (6 months), Time3 third interview (1 year), Time4 fourth interview (2 year)

^aAlthough 537 women completed Time2, one participant refused to answer the FACT-B during the interview

^bAlthough 528 women completed Time3, one participant had missing FACT-B data and could not be included in the analysis at this point in time

^cThree women lacked data to compute body mass index