Table 4 Results of the SCI. * Kruskal-Wallis-Test
From: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological stress in breast cancer patients
Adjuvant therapy n = 26 | Neoadjuvant therapy n = 26 | Palliative therapy n = 30 | |||||
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Median | Interquartile range | Median | Interquartile range | Median | Interquartile range | p-value* | |
Stress caused by unsecurity | 14.00 | 9.00–24.00 | 19.00 | 13.00–25.00 | 22.00 | 13.00–26.50 | 0.305 |
Stress caused by being overwhelmed | 13.00 | 9.00–20.00 | 13.00 | 9.00–20.00 | 17.00 | 12.00–20.00 | 0.489 |
Stress caused by loss | 11.00 | 8.00–15.00 | 10.00 | 9.00–17.00 | 13.50 | 10.50–16.50 | 0.382 |
Stress symptoms | 22.50 | 20.00–27.00 | 24.00 | 18.00–28.00 | 25.50 | 21.00–30.50 | 0.439 |
Positive coping | 12.00 | 11.00–13.00 | 11.00 | 9.50–12.00 | 11.00 | 9.00–12.00 | 0.049 |
Active coping | 11.00 | 9.00–12.00 | 11.00 | 8.50–12.00 | 11.00 | 10.00–12.50 | 0.857 |
Coping by support | 13.50 | 12.00–15.00 | 13.00 | 12.00–16.00 | 13.00 | 11.50–15.00 | 0.797 |
Coping by believing in God or powers that be | 11.00 | 9.00–12.00 | 8.00 | 7.00–12.00 | 11.50 | 7.50–12.50 | 0.334 |
Coping by drinking alcohol and/or smoking | 7.00 | 4.00–7.00 | 5.00 | 4.00–7.00 | 5.00 | 4.00–6.00 | 0.481 |