Table 3 Total distress scores for type of clinic
From: Psychological distress in cancer patients assessed with an expert rating scale
Male | Female | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | P* | |
University hospital | 15.12 | 9.89 | 19.81 | 10.01 | 18.08 | 10.22 | <0.001 |
General hospital | 13.63 | 7.20 | 12.59 | 7.20 | 12.83 | 7.21 | NS |
Rehabilitation clinic | 10.46 | 7.56 | 16.59 | 9.19 | 14.53 | 9.14 | <0.001 |
Outpatient clinic | 13.44 | 9.62 | 17.73 | 9.67 | 17.05 | 9.71 | NS |
Outpatient palliative care | 19.78 | 10.30 | 20.21 | 8.59 | 20.15 | 9.46 | NS |
Palliative care ward | 21.31 | 8.54 | 22.27 | 8.66 | 21.84 | 8.62 | NS |
Hospice | 20.94 | 9.66 | 21.99 | 8.33 | 21.35 | 8.90 | NS |
