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Table 2 Anxiety and depression in a population-based sample of cancer survivors compared to population-based valuesa (n = 3370)

From: Anxiety and depression in working-age cancer survivors: a register-based study

 

Anxietyb

Depressionb

 

Cancer survivors

Norm populationa

  

Cancer survivors

Norm populationa

  

Time post diagnosis

Mean (SD)

Mean

p c

dd

Mean (SD)

Mean

p c

dd

≤ 24 months (n = 556)

6.7 (4.0)

5.05

<.001

.45

4.1 (4.0)

4.71

<.001

.16

25–48 months (n = 1307)

6.8 (4.2)

5.07

<.001

.45

4.2 (4.0)

4.71

<.001

.14

49–72 months (n = 1141)

6.8 (4.2)

5.08

<.001

.44

4.1 (4.0)

4.78

<.001

.17

> 72 months (n = 302)

6.5 (4.0)

5.07

<.001

.39

4.0 (3.8)

4.86

<.001

.22

Total (n = 3306)

6.8 (4.1)

5.07

<.001

.44

4.1 (4.0)

4.75

<.001

.16

  1. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation.
  2. aGender and age adapted norm values according to Hinz &Brähler [29]
  3. bAccording to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
  4. c p value determined according to single sample t-test with norm mean as reference, bold print indicates significance
  5. dEffect size: Cohen’s d
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