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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Res Nurs. 2014 Oct 10;17(3):237–247. doi: 10.1177/1099800414550394

Table 2.

Symptom severity scores at enrollment by latent classa

Symptom score All Low (1)
n = 241 (61.3%)
Low Pain and High Fatigue (2)
n = 124 (31.6%)
All High (3)
n = 28 (7.1%)
Omnibus test p-value and Sidak post hoc contrasts
Global Sleep Disturbance Scale 40.1 (18.4) 59.8 (19.9) 67.6 (19.7) p < .00005
1 < 2 and 3
Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression Scale 10.7 (7.7) 16.5 (9.0) 28.0 (12.6) p < .00005
1 < 2 < 3
Worst Pain Severity (0–10)b 2.4 (1.1) 2.9 (1.2) 7.6 (1.6) p < .00005
1 and 2 < 3
Lee Fatigue Scale 1.5 (1.2) 5.8 (1.3) 4.6 (1.7) p < .00005
2 > 3 > 1

Note. Values reported for symptom scores are mean (SD).

a

Predicted classes based on the most likely latent class membership.

b

Means and tests are only for patients who reported pain: Class 1 (n = 20), Class 2 (n = 31), Class 3 (n = 48).