N (%) | CES-D | t/F value | p-value | |
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Demographic variables | ||||
Age | 0.482 | 0.547 | ||
≤ 55 | 227 (40.2) | 22.53 ± 9.54 | ||
56–65 | 193 (34.2) | 23.77 ± 8.34 | ||
≥ 66 | 144 (25.6) | 23.32 ± 9.86 | ||
Marital status | 0.574 | 0.532 | ||
Married/living with a partner | 495 (87.8) | 23.07 ± 9.16 | ||
Single/widowed/divorced | 69 (12.2) | 23.89 ± 9.50 | ||
Education | 8.903 | < 0.001 | ||
Middle school or below | 265 (46.9) | 24.29 ± 9.12b | ||
High school | 144 (25.5) | 24.37 ± 8.16b | ||
Junior college or above | 156 (27.6) | 20.48 ± 9.32a | ||
Clinical variables | ||||
Time since diagnosis | 3.021 | 0.025 | ||
≤ 3 | 143 (25.3) | 25.09 ± 8.36a | ||
4–6 | 139 (24.6) | 23.35 ± 9.02 | ||
7–12 | 194 (34.4) | 22.14 ± 10.09b | ||
13–18 | 88 (15.6) | 22.51 ± 8.84 | ||
Cancer stage | − 2.245 | 0.007 | ||
I | 298 (52.8) | 22.31 ± 9.41a | ||
II | 266 (47.2) | 24.47 ± 8.82b | ||
Treatment type | − 1.207 | 0.214 | ||
No treatment | 5 (0.8) | – | ||
Surgery | 290 (51.4) | 22.97 ± 9.36 | ||
Combined treatmentc | 269 (47.7) | 23.54 ± 8.28 | ||
Chemotherapy | 2 (0.2) | – |