Table 2:
Anxiety and depression and quality-of-life questionnaire scores
| N | Score | Change from baseline | p* | Patients with a score ≥8 | Patients with ≥3 point change | Patients ≥3 point decrease | Patients with ≥3 point increase | |
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| Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety† | ||||||||
| Baseline | 44 | 3 (1 to 5) | ·· | ·· | 7 (16%) | ·· | ·· | ·· |
| Month 6 | 32 | 2 (1 to 5) | 0 (−2 to −1) | 0.53 | 5 (16%) | ·· | ·· | ·· |
| Month 12 | 22 | 3 (1 to 6) | 0.5 (−2 to −1) | 0.86 | 4 (18%) | ·· | ·· | ·· |
| Final assessment | 29 | 3 (1 to 5) | −1 (−2 to −1) | 0.14 | 3 (10%) | ·· | ·· | ·· |
| Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression† | ||||||||
| Baseline | 44 | 1 (1 to 5) | ·· | ·· | 2 (5%) | ·· | ·· | ·· |
| Month 6 | 32 | 1 (0 to 3) | 0 (−2 to −1) | 0.11 | 1 (3%) | ·· | ·· | ·· |
| Month 12 | 22 | 2 (1 to 4) | 0 (−2 to 1) | 0.52 | 2 (9%) | ·· | ·· | ·· |
| Final assessment | 29 | 2 (1 to 3) | 0 (−2 to 1) | 0.87 | 2 (7%) | ·· | ·· | ·· |
| Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Kidney Cancer Index Disease-Related Symptoms‡ | ||||||||
| Baseline | 44 | 3 (0 to 14) | ·· | ·· | ·· | ·· | ·· | ·· |
| Month 6 | 32 | 3 (0 to 16) | O (−8 to 4) | 0.76 | ·· | 10 (31%) | 6 (19%) | 4 (13%) |
| Month 12 | 22 | 3 (0 to 13) | O (−5 to 1O) | 0.52 | ·· | 10 (45%) | 4 (18%) | 6 (27%) |
| Last assessment | 28 | 4 (0 to 22) | 1 (−7 to 16) | 0.46 | ·· | 16 (57%) | 8(29%) | 8 (29%) |
Data are median (IQR) or n (%), unless otherwise stated.
Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
Scores ≥8 on a subscale are suggestive of the presence of anxiety or depression.
A change of ≥3 points is considered significant.13