Characteristic | Anxiety score | Depression score | PTSD score | ||||||
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Mean ± SD | Statistics†| p value | Mean ± SD | Statistics†| p value | Mean ± SD | Statistics†| p value | |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Female | 22.5 ± 10.9 | 0.656 | 0.514 | 13.1 ± 9.6 | -0.497 | 0.620 | 22.3 ± 18.0 | 0.481 | 0.631 |
Male | 21.0 ± 11.2 | 14.0 ± 8.4 | 20.5 ± 16.0 | ||||||
Age‡ | - | 0.424 | < 0.001^ | - | 0.419 | < 0.001^ | - | 0.434 | < 0.001^ |
Age group | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Children | 19.2 ± 8.9 | -2.919 | 0.006^ | 11.3 ± 7.3 | -3.529 | 0.001^ | 16.9 ± 12.8 | -3.285 | 0.002^ |
Adolescents | 26.9 ± 13.1 | 18.5 ± 10.1 | 30.3 ± 20.4 | ||||||
Diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Leukaemia | 22.1 ± 10.9 | 0.355 | 0.786 | 15.8 ± 9.9 | 2.426 | 0.071 | 21.2 ± 16.1 | 0.872 | 0.459 |
Lymphoma | 20.4 ± 9.3 | 9.8 ± 5.3 | 17.9 ± 13.4 | ||||||
Solid tumour | 23.1 ± 13.1 | 13.9 ± 9.9 | 25.6 ± 22.0 | ||||||
Brain tumour | 19.2 ± 11.4 | 15.2 ± 7.0 | 19.0 ± 10.6 | ||||||
Time since diagnosis, months | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
< 1 | 20.1 ± 10.2 | 2.501 | 0.088 | 13.0 ± 9.1 | 0.548 | 0.580 | 19.7 ± 17.1 | 2.244 | 0.112 |
1–2 | 26.1 ± 13.2 | 15.2 ± 9.6 | 28.4 ± 16.4 | ||||||
≥ 3 | 24.6 ± 9.6 | 15.1 ± 5.1 | 17.3 ± 11.5 | ||||||
Type of cancer diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Relapse | 21.8 ± 11.8 | 0.033 | 0.974 | 19.0 ± 10.7 | 1.926 | 0.057 | 22.8 ± 19.2 | 0.279 | 0.781 |
New | 21.7 ± 11.0 | 13.1 ± 8.6 | 21.1 ± 16.7 | ||||||
Cancer risk¶ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Not applicable | 12.5 ± 4.8 | 4.310 | 0.007^ | 8.7 ± 4.4 | 4.362 | 0.007^ | 14.3 ± 8.6 | 2.369 | 0.076 |
Standard | 19.1 ± 10.1 | 11.9 ± 8.7 | 18.2 ± 18.7 | ||||||
Intermediate | 19.2 ± 8.6 | 10.5 ± 6.2 | 17.1 ± 12.1 | ||||||
High | 25.6 ± 12.0 | 17.0 ± 9.8 | 26.2 ± 18.4 | ||||||
Cancer stage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Not applicable | 21.7 ± 10.9 | 0.680 | 0.608 | 15.4 ± 10.0 | 1.484 | 0.214 | 21.0 ± 16.0 | 0.795 | 0.532 |
I | 24.7 ± 11.8 | 10.7 ± 7.2 | 27.6 ± 24.2 | ||||||
II | 19.3 ± 9.1 | 10.3 ± 7.0 | 17.5 ± 9.4 | ||||||
III | 19.0 ± 11.4 | 10.8 ± 7.7 | 17.4 ± 14.9 | ||||||
IV | 23.9 ± 11.5 | 15.1 ± 8.4 | 24.8 ± 19.6 | ||||||
Treatment type | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Chemotherapy alone | 19.4 ± 9.3 | 2.090 | 0.089 | 12.2 ± 8.9 | 2.047 | 0.095 | 17.9 ± 13.9 | 2.108 | 0.087 |
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy | 25.4 ± 10.3 | 13.7 ± 7.7 | 29.3 ± 21.0 | ||||||
Chemotherapy and surgery | 26.8 ± 13.8 | 14.3 ± 9.4 | 30.7 ± 20.5 | ||||||
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery | 21.3 ± 13.3 | 16.5 ± 7.2 | 20.3 ± 15.2 | ||||||
Chemotherapy and transplant | 29.2 ± 16.0 | 22.8 ± 11.0 | 24.8 ± 25.8 | ||||||
Aware of diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 27.2 ± 13.2 | 2.831 | 0.007^ | 18.4 ± 9.7 | 3.176 | 0.003^ | 30.3 ± 20.7 | 2.967 | 0.005^ |
No | 19.4 ± 9.2 | 11.7 ± 7.8 | 17.5 ± 13.4 | ||||||
Psychological distress | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Anxiety‡ |  | - | - |  | 0.550 | < 0.001^ |  | 0.699 | < 0.001^ |
Depression‡ |  | 0.550 | < 0.001^ |  | - | - |  | 0.666 | < 0.001^ |
PTSD‡ |  | 0.699 | < 0.001^ |  | 0.666 | < 0.001^ |  | - | - |