Table 2.

Anxiety and depression in a population-based sample of cancer survivors compared to population-based values^a (n = 3370)

	Anxietyb				Depressionb
	Cancer survivors	Norm populationa			Cancer survivors	Norm populationa
Time post diagnosis	Mean (SD)	Mean	p c	dd	Mean (SD)	Mean	p c	dd
≤ 24 months (n = 556)	6.7 (4.0)	5.05	<.001	.45	4.1 (4.0)	4.71	<.001	.16
25–48 months (n = 1307)	6.8 (4.2)	5.07	<.001	.45	4.2 (4.0)	4.71	<.001	.14
49–72 months (n = 1141)	6.8 (4.2)	5.08	<.001	.44	4.1 (4.0)	4.78	<.001	.17
> 72 months (n = 302)	6.5 (4.0)	5.07	<.001	.39	4.0 (3.8)	4.86	<.001	.22
Total (n = 3306)	6.8 (4.1)	5.07	<.001	.44	4.1 (4.0)	4.75	<.001	.16

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation.

^aGender and age adapted norm values according to Hinz &Brähler [29]

^bAccording to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

^c p value determined according to single sample t-test with norm mean as reference, bold print indicates significance

^dEffect size: Cohen’s d