Table 8.

Association between symptom distress subscales and the symptom classes at 12 months post-surgery

Median (IQR) symptom distress	Low symptom class	Moderate symptom class	Severe symptom class	p value
Impaired daily living	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	0.00 (0.00–2.00)	8.00 (2.00–13.00)	0.0001; A<B<C
Social distress	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	1.00 (0.00–3.00)	0.0001; A, B<C
Emotional distress	0.00 (0.00–0.00	1.00 (0.00–4.00)	11.00 (4.00–12.00)	0.0001; A<B<C
Impaired self-perception	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	1.00 (0.00–1.00)	2.00 (1.00–2.00)	0.0001; A<B<C
Sleep disturbance	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	0.00 (0.00–1.00)	2.00 (0.00–3.00)	0.0001; A<B<C
Impaired sexuality	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	1.00 (0.00–2.00)	0.0001; A, B<C
Work outside home	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	0.00 (0.00–1.00)	1.50 (0.00–2.00)	0.0001; A<B<C
Days absent from work	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	0.00 (0.00–16.00)	3.50 (0.00–21.00)	0.0001; A<B, C

A (low), B (moderate), and C (severe) symptom class pairwise differences between the three classes with a Bonferroni correction at the 5% alpha level