Table 3.
Spearman’s correlation between frequency and distress of individual items of GASS.
| Item | Score of 0 “Never” | Score of 1 “Once” |
Score of 2 “A Few Times” |
Score of 3 “Every Day” |
Spearman’s ρ between Scores > 0 and Distress | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % pts | Distress Median (IQR) | % pts | Distress Median (IQR) |
% pts | Distress Median (IQR) |
% pts | Distress Median (IQR) | ||
| 1 | 33.3% | NA | 11.1% | 3 (1, 5) | 38.3% | 6 (3, 7) | 17.3% | 9.5 (8, 10) | 0.56, p = 0 |
| 2 | 74.1% | NA. | 6.2% | 7 (5, 7) | 16% | 7 (5, 9) | 3.7% | 8 (8, 9) | 0.28, p = 0.215 |
| 3 | 76.5% | NA. | 4.9% | 8.5 (6.8, 10) | 14.8% | 6 (4.2, 10) | 3.7% | 8 (4.5, 9) | −0.2, p = 0.411 |
| 4 | 65.4% | NA | 6.2% | 5 (5, 8) | 22.2% | 5 (2.2, 8) | 6.2% | 10 (9, 10) | 0.36, p = 0.058 |
| 5 | 71.6% | NA. | 6.2% | 7 (7, 7) | 18.5% | 7 (5, 8.5) | 3.7% | 10 (10, 10) | 0.3, p = 0.17 |
| 6 | 67.9% | NA. | 6.2% | 7 (2, 7) | 18.5% | 7 (4.5, 8.5) | 7.4% | 10 (9.2, 10) | 0.43, p = 0.029 |
| 7 | 74.1% | NA | 2.5% | 6.5 (6.2, 6.8) | 16% | 6 (5, 8) | 7.4% | 8.5 (5.5, 10) | 0.1, p = 0.671 |
| 8 | 80.2% | NA | 4.9% | 3.5 (2.5, 5) | 8.6% | 8 (5, 9) | 6.2% | 10 (9, 10) | 0.63, p = 0.009 |
| 9 | 49.4% | NA | 8.6% | 6 (2.5, 7.5) | 28.4% | 7 (4.5, 8) | 13.6% | 10 (8, 10) | 0.45, p = 0.003 |
| 10 | 85.2% | NA | 7.4% | 5 (3.5, 6.5) | 7.4% | 9 (6.5, 10) | 0% | NA | 0.65, p = 0.022 |
| 11 | 76.5% | NA | 1.2% | 5 (5, 5) | 17.3% | 7 (4.2, 9) | 4.9% | 10 (9, 10) | 0.39, p = 0.095 |
| 12 | 50.6% | NA | 7.4% | 1 (1, 3.2) | 27.2% | 5 (3.2, 7.8) | 14.8% | 10 (8.8, 10) | 0.65, p = 0 |
| 13 | 82.7% | NA | 4.9% | 3 (1.8, 4.8) | 8.6% | 8 (6, 8) | 3.7% | 9 (8, 9.5) | 0.62, p =0.018 |
| 14 | 80.2% | NA | 1.2% | 5 (5, 5) | 16% | 6 (5, 8) | 2.5% | 10 (10, 10) | 0.47, p = 0.065 |
| 15 | 91.4% | NA | 1.2% | 1 (1, 1) | 6.2% | 9 (6, 10) | 1.2% | 10 (10, 10) | 0.63, p = 0.133 |
| 16 | 50.6% | NA | 8.6% | 2 (1, 6) | 22.2% | 5 (4.2, 6) | 18.5% | 7 (4.5, 10) | 0.33, p = 0.036 |
| 17 | 91.4% | NA | 1.2% | 4 (4, 4) | 6.2% | 1 (1, 4) | 1.2% | 10 (10, 10) | 0.45, p = 0.306 |
| 18 | 98.8% | NA | 0% | NA | 0% | NA | 1.2% | 10 (10, 10) | NA |
| 19 | 69.1% | NA | 2.5% | 7.5 (7.2, 7.8) | 16% | 5 (1, 6) | 12.3% | 6.5 (2, 10) | 0.04, p = 0.863 |
| 20 | 71.7% | NA | 3.5% | 1 (1, 1) | 22.9% | 8.5 (6.2, 10) | 22.9% | 10 (10, 10) | 0.44, p = 0.137 |
| 21 | 88.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 26.4% | 8.5 (6.2, 9.2) | NA |
| 22 | 56.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 43.2% | 7 (5, 9) | NA |
pts: patients; IQR: interquartile range; NA: not available.