Measurement invariance across gender and age groups, validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the short-form supportive care needs survey questionnaire (SCNS-SF34)

Table 5 Known-group comparison of the SCNS-34

	60 years or below		> 60 years		Cohen’s D effect Size	P-value
	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)	Cohen’s D effect Size	P-value
Physical and daily living needs (PDL)	732	16.08 (15.03)	365	12.12 (13.01)	0.28	< 0.001
Psychological needs (PSY)	723	14.36 (14.96)	359	8.49 (10.73)	0.45	< 0.001
Sexual need (SEX)	735	6.56 (12.06)	365	2.74 (9.71)	0.35	< 0.001
Patient care and support needs (PCS)	734	25.66 (20.78)	362	17.49 (18.71)	0.41	< 0.001
Health systems and information needs (HSI)	727	37.35 (20.95)	357	28.93 (21.46)	0.40	< 0.001
	Males		Females		Cohen’s D effect Size	P-value
	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)	Cohen’s D effect Size	P-value
Physical and daily living needs (PDL)	450	13.51 (13.80)	650	15.61 (14.30)	0.15	0.02
Psychological needs (PSY)	444	9.76 (11.57)	640	14.27 (15.14)	0.33	< 0.001
Sexual need (SEX)	449	5.44 (11.33)	653	5.18 (11.56)	0.02	0.69
Patient care and support needs (PCS)	447	18.50 (18.69)	651	26.04 (21.07)	0.38	< 0.001
Health systems and information needs (HSI)	443	30.53 (20.93)	643	37.35 (21.40)	0.32	< 0.001

Abbreviation: SD Standard deviation, SCNS-SF34 the Short-Form Supportive Care Needs Survey Questionnaire, PDL Physical and daily living needs, PSY Psychological needs, SEX Sexual need, PCS Patient care and support needs, HIS Health systems and information needs

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