Table 2.
Psychosocial measurements from study participants.
| Assessments | Cancer Survivors | Non-Cancer Participants | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | % | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | % | ||
| Natural disaster outcomes | 21.22 (16.74) | 17.00 (9.00–32.50) | 95.1 | 30.00 (23.83) | 26.00 (9.00–43.00) | 97.6 | 0.135 |
| No water | 1.17 (1.61) | 0.00 (0.00–3.00) | 41.5 | 2.15 (1.68) | 2.00 (0.00–4.00) | 71.0 | 0.008* |
| Food insecurity | 0.76 (1.33) | 0.00 (0.00–1.00) | 41.5 | 1.44 (1.53) | 1.00 (0.00–3.00) | 58.5 | 0.017* |
| Difficulties accessing roads | 0.66 (1.20) | 0.00 (0.00–1.00) | 26.8 | 1.32 (1.64) | 0.00 (0.00–3.00) | 46.3 | 0.045* |
| Family insecurity | 0.73 (1.05) | 0.00 (0.00–1.00) | 14.5 | 1.56 (1.55) | 2.00 (0.00–3.00) | 43.9 | 0.003* |
| Depression symptoms | 6.76 (5.52) | 6.00 (2.50–9.50) | 5.83 (5.70) | 4.00 (1.50–9.00) | 0.330 | ||
| Moderate to severe (n, %) | 8 (19.5%) | 8 (19.5%) | |||||
| Anxiety symptoms | 5.71 (4.74) | 5.00 (2.00–7.00) | 5.85 (5.35) | 5.00 (1.00–10.50) | 0.882 | ||
| Moderate to severe (n, %) | 8 (19.5%) | 11 (26.8%) | |||||
| Post-traumatic stress symptoms‡ | 15.76 (15.47) | 11.00 (5.00–22.00) | 14.95 (16.19) | 10.00 (2.00–23.00) | 0.531 | ||
| Scores >33 (cut-off) (n, %) | 6 (14.6%) | 6 (14.6%) | |||||
| Emotional distress†# | 3.85 (3.02) | 4.00 (1.00–7.00) | 3.92 (3.11) | 4.00 (1.00–6.00) | 0.965 | ||
| High levels of distress†# (n, %) | 21 (52.5%) | 21 (53.8%) | |||||
| Perceived stress (PS)‡ | 15.20 (6.95) | 16.00 (11.50–20.00) | 14.58 (7.16) | 15.50 (10.00–18.00) | 0.508 | ||
| Moderate to high PS‡ (n, %) | 26 (63.4%) | 31 (62.5%) | |||||
| Resilience | 3.56 (0.94) | 3.33 (2.83–4.50) | 3.39 (0.67) | 3.33 (2.92–3.83) | 0.515 | ||
| High resilience (n, %) | 12 (29.3%) | 7 (17.1%) | |||||
| Post-traumatic growth | 35.00 (13.87) | 41.00 (27.50–45.00) | 38.29 (9.48) | 40.00 (34.50–45.00) | 0.676 | ||
| Great/very great growth (n, %) | 24 (59%) | 29 (71%) | |||||
| Perceived social support | 10.34 (7.46) | 9.00 (3.50–16.00) | 8.12 (7.16) | 6.00 (1.50–14.00) | 0.149 | ||
| Barriers in access to care†§ | 18.11 (18.48) | 10.58 (2.88–30.77) | 30 | 12.23 (12.78) | 6.73 (1.60–18.43) | 17.5 | 0.225 |
| Skills | 9.98 (13.86) | 3.13 (0.00–18.75) | 14.6 | 5.72 (10.17) | 0.00 (0.00–7.81) | 2.4 | 0.318 |
| Marginalization‡ | 16.13 (19.77) | 9.09 (0.00–26.14) | 24.4 | 10.20 (13.57) | 4.55 (0.00–17.05) | 12.2 | 0.129 |
| Expectations§ | 23.75 (31.71) | 3.57 (0.00–41.96) | 30.0 | 16.03 (22.09) | 7.14 (0.00–21.43) | 22.0 | 0.515 |
| Knowledge and beliefs | 18.29 (27.47) | 6.25 (0–28.13) | 24.4 | 10.98 (18.05) | 0.00 (0.00–15.63) | 17.1 | 0.390 |
| Pragmatics† | 23.58 (20.77) | 16.67 (4.17–38.89) | 43.9 | 19.38 (17.52) | 12.50 (2.78–33.33) | 30 | 0.383 |
% expressed as percent of participants that were affected by each variable on the NDO and Barriers in Access to Care questionaires; ‡Non-Cancer, n=40; †Non-Cancer, n=39; §Cancer, n=40; #Cancer, n=40, *Significant Differences: p < 0.05.