Table 2.

Distribution of increased values in operated and conservatively treated patients across HADS anxiety (2A), HADS depression (2B), and distress thermometer (2C) scales

		Operative	Conservative	p value, conservative vs. operative
HADS-A	t1	45.2%	41.9%	1.0
	t2	39.1%	68.4%	0.07
	p value, t1 vs. T2	0.78	0.06
HADS-D	t1	61.3%	87.1%	0.04
	t2	65.2%	59.3%	1.0
	p value, t1 vs. T2	0.78	0.02
DT	t1	36.7%	43.3%	0.79
	t2	44.3%	33.3%	0.55
	p value, t1 vs. T2	0.77	0.58