Table 1 Participant characteristics and one-way ANOVA of HNCPDS.

From: Development and validation of the head and neck cancer psychosocial distress scale (HNCPDS) to identify patients at high risk for psychological problems : a multicenter study

Characteristics

Number (%)

HNCPDS score (mean ± SD)

F

P

Sex

  

7.697

0.006

 Male

185 (42.5)

33.05 ± 14.812

 

 Female

250 (57.5)

36.64 ± 12.18

Age

  

20.104

0.000

 < 45 years old

219 (50.3)

32.30 ± 12.88

 

 ≥ 45 years old

216 (49.7)

35.11 ± 13.47

National

  

1.809

0.179

 Ethnic Han

370 (85.1)

34.75 ± 13.35

 

 Ethnic minorities

65 (14.9)

37.18 ± 14.03

Marital status

  

0.879

0.416

 Married

369 (84.8)

35.05 ± 13.18

 

 Unmarried

42 (9.7)

33.83 ± 13.64

 Divorced or widowed

24 (5.5)

38.33 ± 17.22

Residence area

  

13.942

0.000

 Rural area

172 (39.5)

38.05 ± 13.39

 

 Urban area

263 (60.5)

33.19 ± 13.19

Education level

  

13.505

0.000

 Junior high school and below

220 (50.6)

37.43 ± 13.38

 

 Senior high school and above

215 (49.4)

32.75 ± 13.17

Monthly income

  

20.860

0.000

 < 5000 RMB

162 (37.2)

38.86 ± 12.96

 

 ≥ 5000 RMB

273 (62.8)

32.89 ± 13.28

Medical insurance

  

6.407

0.002

 Employee

163 (37.5)

32.23 ± 13.11

  

 Urban resident

103 (23.7)

36.06 ± 13.66

  

 NCMS

169 (38.9)

37.32 ± 13.27

  

Financial burden

  

61.511

0.000

 Light

211 (48.5)

30.23 ± 12.07

 

 Heavy

224 (51.5)

39.72 ± 13.10

Disease duration

  

1.635

0.202

 ≤ 6 month

214 (49.2)

35.95 ± 13.58

 

 > 6 month

221 (50.8)

34.30 ± 13.33

Tumor stage

  

6.168

0.000

 I

135 (31.0)

33.50 ± 12.12

 

 II

75 (17.2)

33.63 ± 12.22

 III

141 (32.4)

34.14 ± 14.23

 IV

84 (19.3)

40.67 ± 14.04

Operation

  

3.715

0.055

 Yes

243 (55.9)

34.01 ± 12.57

  

 No

192 (44.1)

36.51 ± 14.43

  

Personality

  

25.170

0.000

 Introvert

229 (52.6)

38.10 ± 13.527

 

 Extrovert

206 (47.4)

31.79 ± 12.62

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