Sexuality and cancer in adolescents and young adults - a comparison between reproductive cancer patients and patients with non-reproductive cancer

Table 2 Equivalence tests (Two one sided tests - TOST)

Variable	All	NRC		RC		Test				TOST
	All	NRC		RC		Test				Equivalence boundaries
	n	n	M (SD)	n	M (SD)	t	df	d	p	Scale points	d	t	df	p
Men
FLZ Sex	147	97	33.48 (8.59)	50	33.95 (7.84)	−0.319	145	0.06	.75	−4 to 4	−0.48 to 0.48	2.51	107.39	.007**
SCNS-SF34 Sex	153	103	21.12 (27.76)	50	19.67 (26.61)	0.307	151	0.05	.76	−16.67 to 16.67	−0.61 to 0.61	−3.27	100.92	≤.001***
FLZ-M Sex	147	98	3.30 (1.28)	49	3.31 (1.26)	−0.046	145	0.01	.96	−0.5 to 0.5	−0.39 to 0.39	−2.21	97.2	.015*
FLZ-MC Sex	151	102	2.28 (1.47)	49	2.22 (1.29)	0.243	149	−0.04	.81	−0.5 to 0.5	−0.35 to 0.35	1.87	106.75	.032*
Women
FLZ Sex	416	219	30.58 (9.07)	197	28.81 (9.73)	1.918	414	0.19	.56	−4 to 4	−0.43 to 0.43	2.41	401.55	.008**
SCNS-SF34 Sex	424	223	26.46 (30.85)	201	35.03 (34.71)	−2.677^a	402.435	0.26	.008**	−16.67 to 16.67	−0.51 to 0.51	2.53	402.44	.006**
FLZ-M Sex	408	214	3.14 (1.38)	194	3.02 (1.32)	0.928	406	0.09	.35	−0.5 to 0.5	−0.37 to 0.37	−2.84	404.55	.002**
FLZ-MC Sex	419	221	2.71 (1.57)	198	3.12 (1.48)	−2.693^a	416.161	0.27	.007**	−0.5 to 0.5	−0.33 to 0.33	0.6	416.15	.273

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