Table 4.
Treatment and Control Group Means For Patients and Spouses
| Patients |
Spouses |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARE | UMC | SHARE | UMC | |||||
| Baseline M (SD) | Follow-up M (SD) | Baseline M (SD) | Follow-up M (SD) | Baseline M (SD) | Follow-up M (SD) | Baseline M (SD) | Follow-up M (SD) | |
| Physical Symptom Burden1 | ||||||||
| MDASI Core | 1.99 (1.54) | 2.30 (1.65) | 1.23 (.90) | 2.04 (1.57) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| MDASI HN Severity | 2.19 (1.94) | 2.93 (2.29) | 1.17 (.93) | 2.87 (2.24) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| MDASI Interference | 2.21 (1.77) | 1.65 (1.77) | 1.87 (1.99) | 2.40 (2.14) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Psychological Functioning | ||||||||
| PROMIS Depression2 | 45.77 (8.49) | 45.21 (8.34) | 49.17 (7.52) | 48.82 (6.80) | 56.02 (8.63) | 50.95 (9.16) | 50.07 (9.66) | 52.91 (10.28) |
| PROMIS Anxiety2 | 55.99 (8.75) | 49.83 (7.28) | 50.94 (6.82) | 49.01 (6.95) | 59.71 (8.16) | 55.05 (8.61) | 50.97 (7.39) | 50.28 (8.49) |
| IES3 | 23.47 (16.98) | 19.07 (17.76) | 17.53 (11.86) | 19.47 (14.51) | 41.07 (20.62) | 30.80 (26.93) | 27.20 (21.23) | 29.40 (20.18) |
| Marital Adjustment | ||||||||
| DAS-74 | 29.33 (5.31) | 29.87 (5.45) | 28.27 (2.12) | 27.93 (2.89) | 26.07 (6.86) | 25.27 (7.71) | 29.07 (2.43) | 25.73 (3.53) |
Note:
1
Scores can range from 0–10; higher scores indicate greater severity/interference
2
Standardized scores >60 suggest need for further psychological evaluation.
3
Scores > 33 indicate significant cancer-specific distress.
4
Higher scores indicate better marital adjustment.