Table 6 Total distress scores for diagnostic subgroups
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* | |
Breast | 16.00 | 10.39 | 15.70 | 9.22 | 15.72 | 9.24 | NS |
Gynaecological carcinomas | 20.10 | 9.30 | 20.13 | 9.31 | |||
Respiratory tract | 19.15 | 9.19 | 20.57 | 9.01 | 19.76 | 9.13 | NS |
Male genito-urinary tumours | 15.16 | 9.70 | 15.13 | 9.68 | |||
Lower gastrointestinal tract | 14.55 | 9.45 | 16.20 | 9.24 | 15.39 | 9.39 | NS |
ENT carcinomas | 12.24 | 9.29 | 15.88 | 11.01 | 13.11 | 9.83 | NS |
Haematological neoplasias | 18.33 | 8.63 | 19.25 | 9.15 | 18.74 | 8.86 | NS |
Skin cancer | 15.66 | 9.24 | 16.30 | 9.37 | 16.00 | 9.26 | NS |
Sarcomas | 16.54 | 10.32 | 19.56 | 9.87 | 18.03 | 10.15 | NS |
Urinary tract | 16.37 | 10.16 | 18.30 | 9.86 | 17.21 | 10.05 | NS |
Upper gastrointestinal tract | 17.92 | 9.45 | 19.43 | 9.05 | 18.61 | 9.29 | NS |
Others | 16.43 | 9.48 | 18.48 | 10.33 | 17.58 | 10.03 | NS |
