Table 6 Mean values of ICS score of gender, age groups, cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer and healthy controls
From: Reliability and validity of a new scale on internal coherence (ICS) of cancer patients
Internal Coherence Scale | Inner Resilience and Coherence | Thermo Coherence | Self regulation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
STUDY 1 | ||||
Gender | ||||
Female (71.9%) | 36.52 (7.82) | 28.67 (6.44) | 7.91 (1.53) | 4.05 (0.80) |
Male (28.1%) | 38.84 (7.17) | 30.32 (5.91) | 7.94 (1.46) | 4.25 (0.65) |
Individuals | ||||
Healthy controls (SD) | 40.12 (5.12) | 31.43 (4.48) | 8.25 (1.30) | 4.27 (0.72) |
Cancer (SD) | 34.23 (8.68) | 26.80 (7.07) | 7.60 (1.64) | 3.97 (0.78) |
p-value * | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.028 | 0.079 |
STUDY 2 | ||||
Breast cancer group 1 T0 | 36.12 (7.64) | 28.41 (6.54) | 7.70 (2.28) | |
Breast cancer group 1 T1 | 34.88 (7.53) | 27.29 (6.25) | 7.58 (1.97) | |
Breast cancer group 1 T2 | 35.35 (6.38) | 27.94 (5.99) | 7.41 (1.97) | |
Colorectal cancer T0 | 38.87 (6.49) | 30.43 (5.81) | 8.30 (1.94) | |
Colorectal cancer T1 | 35.88 (9.36) | 28.47 (7.79) | 7.12 (2.33) | |
Colorectal cancer T2 | 38.96 (6.75) | 32.04 (5.44) | 7.48 (2.27) | |
p-value T0 vs T1 ** | 0.026 | 0.043 | 0.020 | |
p-value T1 vs T2** | 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.268 |