Table 6.
Characteristics of participants that completed writing at baseline and adhered to MyCB Protocol, presented as Mean (SD) or number (%) of participants.
| Characteristics | Completed writing (all groups) (n = 79) | MyCB (combined) (n = 56) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discontinued (n = 39) | Remained (n = 40) | p | Non Adherers (n = 31) | Adherers (n = 25) | p | |
| Demographic | ||||||
| Age, years | 54.41 (12.26) | 61.93 (9.51) | <.01* | 54.58 (12.52) | 63.48 (10.28) | <.01* |
| Resides in Australiaa | 26 (45.61) | 31 (54.39) | 0.42 | 20 (51.28) | 19 (48.72) | .73+ |
| Partnereda | 32 (51.61) | 30 (48.39) | 0.45 | 24 (54.55) | 20 (45.45) | 0.82 |
| Employeda | 21 (52.50) | 19 (47.50) | 0.57 | 17 (62.96) | 10 (37.04) | 0.27 |
| Tertiary Educationa | 22(49) | 23(51) | 0.88 | 18(58) | 13(42) | 0.77 |
| Cancer Diagnosisa | ||||||
| Breast Cancer | 20 (48.78) | 21 (51.22) | 0.82 | 16 (57.14) | 12 (42.86) | 0.91 |
| DCIS /LCIS | 19 (51.35) | 18 (48.65) | 15 (55.56) | 12 (44.44) | ||
| Stage (1) | 35 (47) | 39 (53) | .65+ | 29 (56.86) | 22 (43.14) | .59+ |
| Time since diagnosis, years | 6.35 (4.06) | 8.61 (7.03) | .07^ | 5.89 (4.03) | 8.82 (7.6) | .07^ |
| Surgery Type | ||||||
| Mastectomya | 22 (40) | 33 (60) | 0.15 | 16 (44.44) | 20 (55.56) | 0.47 |
| Lumpectomya | 17 (70.81) | 7 (29.17) | 0.06 | 15 (75) | 5 (25) | <.05* |
| Breast Surgery Complications | 2.92 (2.41) | 3 (2.85) | .90^ | 2.87 (2.48) | 1.8 (1.53) | .04*^ |
| Lymphoedemaa | 6 (42.80) | 8 (57.14) | .59+ | 27 (54) | 23 (46) | .44+ |
| Hormone Therapya | 15 (45) | 18 (54) | 0.56 | 13 (52) | 12 (48) | 0.65 |
| Psychotherapya | 6 (50) | 6 (50) | .60+ | 27 (55) | 22 (45) | .62+ |
| Journal Writinga | 1 (11) | 8 (89) | .03+ | 1 (20) | 4 (80) | .16+ |
| Psychological | ||||||
| Body Image Distress | 12.36 (9.38) | 10.05 (8.04) | .22^ | 11.94 (.10) | 7.32 (6.69) | .03*^ |
| Body Image App | 3.26 (.89) | 3.68 (.74) | .03* | 3.33 (.94) | 3.92 (.61) | <.01* |
| Trait Self-Compassion | 36.92 (8.84) | 41.40 (9.18) | .03* | 29.97 (7.95) | 42.48 (7.11) | <.05* |
| State Self-Compassion | 28.95 (7.78) | 32.63 (6.40) | .03* | 38.07 (8.56) | 33.68 (5.99) | 0.06 |
| Positive Affect | 31.00 (9.75) | 32.93 (7.76) | 0.33 | 31.52 (10.32) | 33.88 (7.1) | .34^ |
| Negative Affect | 17.12 (7.43) | 14.60 (6.02) | <01*^ | 17.58 (7.70) | 13.4 (4.2) | <.01*^ |
| Depression | 4.21 (4.60) | 2.45 (3.08) | .02*^ | 4.23 (4.68) | 1.96 (2.52) | .02*^ |
| Anxiety | 2.82 (3.44) | 2.28 (2.83) | .53^ | 2.68 (3.35) | 2.16 (2.82) | .52^ |
| Stress | 6.36 (4.26) | 4.35 (3.63) | .08^ | 5.74 (4.06) | 3.93 (3.72) | .06^ |
a
Reflects the number and percentage of participants answering ‘yes’ to this category.
* p < 0.05.
^ Transformed data utilised.
+
Fisher’s Exact utilised.