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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 4.

Differences in Common Symptom Severity Scores Among the Combined State Anxiety and Sleep Disturbance Latent Classes

Symptomsa 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)
Depressive symptoms (≥16.0) 7.9 (5.8) 17.9 (7.9) 29.8 (10.6) F=601.61, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2
Trait anxiety (≥31.8) 29.2 (6.0) 41.8 (8.2) 53.1 (8.9) F=781.70, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2
State anxiety (≥32.2) 26.8 (6.5) 41.5 (9.1) 57.2 (11.2) F=954.87, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2
Morning fatigue (≥3.2) 2.3 (1.9) 4.1 (2.2) 5.2 (2.2) F=163.61, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2
Evening fatigue (≥5.6) 4.9 (2.1) 5.9 (1.9) 6.7 (1.8) F=55.79, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2
Morning energy (≤6.2) 4.8 (2.3) 4.0 (2.0) 3.4 (2.2) F=29.15, p<.001 0 > 1 > 2
Evening energy (≤3.5) 3.8 (2.1) 3.3 (1.9) 2.8 (2.2) F=13.84, p<.001 0 > 1 > 2
Attentional function (<5.0 = Low, 5 to 7.5 = Moderate, >7.5 = High) 7.1 (1.5) 5.5 (1.6) 4.7 (1.8) F=207.67. p<.001 0 > 1 > 2
Types of pain
  None
  Only non-cancer pain
  Only cancer pain
  Both non-cancer and cancer pain
33.9 (265)
17.5 (137)
25.6 (200)
22.9 (179)
19.9 (84)
13.3 (56)
27.3 (115)
39.6 (167)
8.7 (9)
13.6 (14)
27.2 (28)
50.5 (52)
X2=77.34, p<.001
0 > 1 > 2
NS
NS
0 < 1 and 2
For the patients with pain Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Worst pain intensity score 5.6 (2.5) 6.6 (2.5) 7.0 (2.4) F=21.43, p<.001 0 < 1 and 2
Mean pain interference score 2.3 (2.0) 3.8 (2.6) 5.0 (2.8) F=77.68, p<.001 0 < 1 < 2

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

a

Clinically meaningful cutoff scores