Age-related and sex-related disparities in psychological distress among thyroid cancer patients: A retrospective study

Table 3 Comparison of psychological health status between male and female thyroid cancer patients, mean ± SD

Assessment index	Male (n = 48)	Female (n = 132)	t value	P value	Effect size (Cohen's d)
Self-Rating Anxiety Scale anxiety score
Total score	42.6 ± 8.4	47.5 ± 9.3	-3.142	0.002	0.56
Cognitive dimension	9.1 ± 2.3	10.9 ± 2.6	-4.012	< 0.001	0.74
Affective dimension	8.0 ± 2.0	9.4 ± 2.4	-3.284	0.001	0.63
Somatic dimension	10.4 ± 2.7	11.5 ± 3.0	-2.089	0.038	0.38
Behavioral dimension	4.9 ± 1.5	5.9 ± 1.8	-3.147	0.002	0.61
Self-Rating Depression Scale depression score
Total score	45.0 ± 8.9	49.8 ± 10.1	-2.854	0.005	0.51
Affective symptoms	10.7 ± 2.8	12.5 ± 3.1	-3.285	0.001	0.61
Cognitive symptoms	8.8 ± 2.1	10.2 ± 2.5	-3.184	0.002	0.60
Somatic symptoms	11.2 ± 2.9	12.2 ± 3.3	-1.742	0.083	0.32
Psychomotor symptoms	5.1 ± 1.6	5.0 ± 1.7	0.324	0.746	0.06
World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Brief Version Quality of Life
Overall quality of life	3.5 ± 0.7	3.1 ± 0.8	2.846	0.005	0.53
Overall health status	3.3 ± 0.8	2.9 ± 0.8	2.682	0.008	0.50
Physical health domain	68.2 ± 12.1	64.5 ± 13.4	1.624	0.106	0.29
Psychological health domain	69.8 ± 11.5	63.7 ± 12.6	2.756	0.006	0.51
Social relationships domain	66.1 ± 12.9	63.4 ± 14.3	1.087	0.278	0.20
Environment domain	65.3 ± 11.8	63.1 ± 13.1	0.974	0.331	0.18