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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2022 Dec 1;46(6):417–431. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000001139

Table 3.

Differences Subscale Scores for the General Sleep Disturbance Scale at Enrollment

Subscales for the General Sleep Disturbance Scale a No Anxiety +
Low Sleep
Disturbance (0)
59.7% (n=794)
Moderate
Anxiety + High
Sleep
Disturbance (1)
32.5% (n=433)
High Anxiety +
Very High
Sleep
Disturbance (2)
7.8% (n=104)
Statistics
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Quality of sleep (≥3) 2.8 (1.7) 3.9 (1.6) 4.8 (1.6) F=104.72, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2
Quantity of sleep (≥3) 4.5 (1.5) 4.7 (1.6) 5.0 (1.9) F=6.87, p=.001 0 < 1 and 2
Sleep onset latency (≥3) 2.2 (2.1) 3.2 (2.2) 4.4 (2.3) F=60.06, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2
Mid-sleep awakenings (≥3) 4.7 (2.3) 5.1 (2.0) 5.5 (1.9) F=8.13, p<.001 0 < 1 and 2
Early awakenings (≥3) 3.1 (2.5) 4.1 (2.3) 5.2 (2.0) F=50.45, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2
Medications for sleep (≥3) 0.5 (0.7) 0.8 (0.8) 0.9 (0.9) F=28.54, p<.001 0 < 1 and 2
Excessive daytime sleepiness (≥3) 2.1 (1.3) 3.3 (1.3) 4.0 (1.4) F=173.30, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2
Total GSDS Score (≥43) 45.1 (18.3) 61.2 (17.2) 72.9 (17.5) F=180.40, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2

Abbreviations: GSDS, General Sleep Disturbance Scale; SD, standard deviation.

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Numbers in parentheses indicate clinically meaningful cutoff scores