Table 3.
Scores on the CWS-questionnaire, shown per item per questionnaire
| Item During the last 7 days |
T0 n = 36 % often/always worried |
T1 n = 80 % often/always worried |
T2 n = 148 % often/always worried |
T3 n = 121 % often/always worried |
Average (on T0–T3) % often/always worried |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How often have you thought about your chances of getting cancer (again)? | 19 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| Have these thoughts affected your mood? | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Have these thoughts interfered with your ability to do daily activities? | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| How concerned are you about the possibility of getting cancer one day? | 33 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 25 |
| How often do you worry about developing cancer? | 25 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 12 |
| How much of a problem is this worry? | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| How often do you worry about the chance of family members developing cancer? | 28 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 20 |
| How concerned are you about the possibility that you will ever need surgery (again)? | 14 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| Mean CWS-score (range, SD) | 14.4 (8–26, 4.3) | 13.9 (8–26, 3.8) | 13.3 (8–25, 3.4) | 12.2 (8–25, 3.3) | 13.2* (8–26, 3.6) |
CWS cancer worry scale, SD standard deviation
* Significant (β = −0.84, P < 0.001) intra-individual decrease over time [in comparison with first assessment (T0)], non-proportional analysis