Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and summary of cognitive tests.
| Characteristic | Breast Cancer Patients After Chemotherapy (n = 19) | Healthy Controls (n = 20) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or Count | SD | Mean or Count | SD | ||
| Age (years) | 43.8 | 6.4 | 50.1 | 2.5 | 0.001 |
| Education (years) | 13.9 | 2.2 | 13.3 | 2.3 | 0.435 |
| Breast cancer stage (0, I, II, III, IV) | (0, 2, 14, 3, 0) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Chemotherapeutic drugs (docetaxel and epirubicin) | 19 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| MMSE | 28 | 1.283 | 28.316 | 1.453 | 0.508 |
| CAMS-R | 33.882 | 4.471 | 33.895 | 3.972 | 0.993 |
| IES-R | 15.941 | 24.055 | 7.079 | 10.498 | 0.187 |
Abbreviations: MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination.
CAMS-R: Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised.
IES-R: Impact of Event Scale-Revised.
SD: standard deviation.
N/A: not applicable.