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Table 3 Levels of psychological distress at baseline and follow-up, by baseline levels of psychological distress and cancer diagnosis

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

  1. Psychological distress was assessed using Kessler-10 (K10) and categorised as low distress (10 ≤ K10 < 16), moderate distress (16 ≤ K10 < 22) and high distress (22 ≤ K10 ≤ 50)
  2. PD Psychological distress