Table 2.

Demographic, clinical, symptom, and psychological adjustment characteristics of women (N=396).

CHARACTERISTIC	MEAN (SD)
Age (years)	54.9 (11.6)
Education (years)	15.7 (2.6)
Karnofsky Performance Status score	93.2 (10.3)
SCQ total score (13 items)	4.3 (2.8)
Trait Anxiety score (enrollment)	35.3 (8.8)
State Anxiety score (enrollment)	41.6 (13.3)
CES-D score (enrollment)	13.7 (9.7)
Fear of Recurrence score (enrollment)	5.9 (3.1)
	% (N)
Ethnicity (white)	64.9 (257)
Lives alone (yes)	23.7 (94)
Married/partnered (yes)	41.4 (164)
Employed (yes)	47.7 (189)
Post-menopausal (yes)	64.9 (257)
Stage of disease:
0	18.4 (73)
I	38.4 (152)
IIA or B	34.9 (138)
IIIA,B, or C	8.1 (32)
IV	0.3 (1)
Type of surgery:
Mastectomy	19.7 (78)
Breast Conservation	80.3 (318)
Reconstruction at time of surgery (yes)	21.7 (86)
Sentinel node biopsy (yes)	82.6 (327)
Axillary lymph node dissection (yes)	37.1 (147)
Received neoadjuvant therapy	19.9 (79)
Had pain in breast prior to surgery	27.5 (109)

Abbreviations: CES-D = Center for Epidemiological Studies – Depression Scale; SCQ = Self-administered Comorbidity Questionnaire