Table 4 Total distress scores for contact initiative

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*

Patient

16.86

8.63

19.46

9.74

18.84

9.55

<0.001

Medical staff

19.30

9.64

18.98

9.61

19.07

9.62

NS

Routine

11.02

7.33

12.44

7.49

11.95

7.46

<0.001

  1. *Significance for differences between male and female patients within each category of contact initiative; P-values corrected for multiple testing.
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