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Table 3.

CSS-15+ scale and factor descriptive characteristics, inter-correlations, and internal reliability values (Cronbach’s α)

	# items	M/SD^†	Inter-correlations					Cronbach’s α
	# items	M/SD^†	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	Cronbach’s α
Total distress score (CSS-15)	15	16.27/13.48	0.95^*	0.92^*	0.80^*	0.73^*	0.73^*	0.94
Total distress score + tobacco (CSS-15+)	16	16.58/13.82	0.94^*	0.92^*	0.80^*	0.73^*	0.73^*	0.94
F1: Emotional well-being	5	1.13/1.05	–	0.81^*	0.70^*	0.65^*	0.63^*	0.89
F2: Symptom burden and impact	4	1.19/1.07		–	0.71^*	0.60^*	0.58^*	0.87
F3: Body image and healthy lifestyle	2	1.44/1.02			–	0.50^*	0.53^*	0.54
F4: Health care team communication	2	0.66/0.96				–	0.43^*	0.70
F5: Relationship and intimacy	2	0.84/1.07					–	0.69

^* denotes p < 0.001; ^†mean/SD based on averaged factor scores, except for the total distress score, which is summed