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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Oct 15, 2022; 14(10): 2025-2037
Published online Oct 15, 2022. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v14.i10.2025
Published online Oct 15, 2022. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v14.i10.2025
Scales | Colorectal cancer, n = 101 | Non-colorectal digestive cancer, n = 102 | ANOVA results, F | ||||
Men, mean (SD) | Women, mean (SD) | Men, mean (SD) | Women, mean (SD) | Tumor × sex | Tumor | Sex | |
Psych. distress (BSI)1 | |||||||
Somatization | 62.0 (6.3) | 64.1 (8.0) | 63.9 (6.7) | 66.3 (8.1) | 0.021 | 3.963 | 5.044 |
Depression | 60.3 (6.6) | 65.0 (6.6) | 60.1 (5.5) | 62.9 (7.5) | 0.923 | 1.423 | 15.747 |
Anxiety | 61.9 (7.8) | 65.8 (8.3) | 61.9 (6.8) | 66.0 (8.3) | 0.030 | 0.011 | 12.818 |
Quality of life (EORTC-QLQ-C30)2 | |||||||
Functional scale | 79.6 (17.4) | 62.3 (23.0) | 70.8 (22.6) | 60.8 (24.0) | 1.427 | 2.781 | 19.697 |
Symptom scale | 24.4 (22.9) | 29.8 (19.4) | 28.6 (17.8) | 40.0 (22.1) | 1.044 | 6.067 | 8.154 |
Health status scale | 67.6 (22.6) | 53.7 (27.9) | 51.9 (23.5) | 55.1 (32.8) | 5.185 | 3.547 | 2.059 |
Coping with cancer (M-MAC)2 | |||||||
Helplessness | 24.0 (22.9) | 25.0 (21.9) | 25.9 (22.8) | 28.6 (25.6) | 0.069 | 0.696 | 0.288 |
Anxious preoccupation | 46.2 (24.4) | 51.4 (18.8) | 43.8 (19.0) | 54.4 (23.6) | 0.800 | 0.008 | 6.722 |
Positive attitude | 83.4 (16.5) | 76.8 (18.1) | 79.2 (15.8) | 74.9 (22.9) | 0.186 | 1.364 | 4.389 |
Cognitive avoidance | 66.6 (27.3) | 60.6 (21.6) | 64.3 (24.5) | 60.2 (27.1) | 0.036 | 0.192 | 1.758 |
- Citation: Pacheco-Barcia V, Gomez D, Obispo B, Mihic Gongora L, Hernandez San Gil R, Cruz-Castellanos P, Gil-Raga M, Villalba V, Ghanem I, Jimenez-Fonseca P, Calderon C. Role of sex on psychological distress, quality of life, and coping of patients with advanced colorectal and non-colorectal cancer. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2022; 14(10): 2025-2037
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v14/i10/2025.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.v14.i10.2025