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Table 3.

Caregiver strain index per time point for all patients and per diagnosis

	Outpatient clinic visit (T1)	Discharge (T2)	Two weeks post-discharge (T3)	6 months post-surgery (T4)	12 months post-surgery (T5)
AAA patients	N = 54	N = 47	N = 39	N = 46	N = 45
CSI, mean (SD)	2.1 (2.0)	3.1 (3.0)^{a, d}	3.7 (3.4)^{a, d}	1.4 (1.9)^d	1.7 (2.6)^c
CSI Score ≥ 7^b	3 (5.6)	6 (13)	11 (28)	1 (2.2)	3 (6.7)
CRC patients	N = 165	N = 117	N = 112	N = 136	N = 124
CSI, mean (SD)	2.7 (3.0)	3.6 (3.4)^{a, d}	3.1 (3.2)^{a, c}	2.3 (2.9)^c	1.8 (2.7)^{a, d}
CSI Score ≥ 7	18 (11)	29 (25)^a	15 (13)	16 (12)	11 (8.9)
All patients	N = 219	N = 164	N = 151	N = 182	N = 169
CSI, mean (SD)	2.6 (2.8)	3.5 (3.3)^{a, d}	3.3 (3.2)^{a, c}	2.1 (2.7)^c	1.8 (2.7)^{a, c}
CSI Score ≥ 7	21 (9.6)	35 (21)^a	26 (17) ^a	17 (9.3)	14 (8.3)

^aSignificant difference in patient group between time point and outpatient clinic visit (T1; p < 0.0125)

^bLinear mixed modelling not possible due to the low number of events

^cSmall Cohen’s d effect size(< 0.30)

^dMedium Cohen’s d effect size(0.30–0.60)