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From: Physical disability and psychological distress before and after a diagnosis of cancer: evidence on multiple cancer types from a large Australian cohort study, compared to people without a cancer diagnosis

Fig. 4

Change in psychological distress between surveys among cancer survivors (before to after cancer diagnosis) by clinical characteristics of cancer diagnosed, compared to change among people without cancer

SD standard deviation. Psychological distress was assessed using Kessler-10 (K10), which ranges from 10 (no distress) to 50 (severe distress); a score < 16 indicates low distress. *Crude means of within participant changes in psychological distress (K10 score at follow-up minus K10 score at baseline). ^Difference between those diagnosed with cancer and those without cancer in change in K10 scores, adjusted for age at follow-up, sex, education, residence, country of birth, months of follow-up and baseline K10 score

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