Identifying the Prevalence, Trajectory, and Determinants of Psychological Distress in Extremity Sarcoma

Table 2

Prevalence of caseness for TESS, DASS21, and EORTC QLQ C-30.

	Diagnosis; (%)	6 months; (%)	12 months; (%)
TESS^*
Difficulty performing ADLs	25 (32.9)	34 (44.7)	21 (21.6)
Self-rate as disabled	11 (14.5)	22 (28.9)	16 (21.1)
DASS21^**	22 (28.9)	28 (36.8)	24 (31.6)
Stress	13 (17.1)	18 (23.7)	19 (25.0)
Anxiety	17 (22.4)	16 (21.1)	15 (19.7)
Depression	10 (13.2)	21 (27.6)	21 (27.6)
EORTC QLQ C-30^***
QoL	20 (26.3)	21 (27.6)	19 (25.0)
PF	7 (9.2)	9 (11.8)	3 (3.9)
RF	18 (23.7)	27 (35.5)	14 (18.4)
EF	6 (7.9)	15 (19.7)	10 (13.2)
CF	4 (5.3)	6 (7.9)	6 (7.9)
SF	13 (51.3)	17 (22.4)	13 (17.1)
PA	39 (63.2)^1	47 (61.8)^1	35 (46.1)^1
	22 (28.9)^2	27 (35.5)^2	23 (30.3)^2
	16 (21.1)^3	18 (23.7)^3	15 (19.7)^3
FI	20 (26.3)	21 (27.6)	14 (18.4)

^*Caseness for TESS defined as moderate difficulty or harder.
^**Caseness for DASS21 defined as being moderate to severe based on DASS Manual guidelines (S. H. Lovibond and P. F. Lovibond 1995 [45]).
^***Caseness for EORTC QLQ C-30 subscales: QoL dichotomized at ≤4; other subscales dichotomized as quite a bit or more of difficulty or level of symptoms.
¹Pain dichotomized at a little or more; ²pain dichotomized at more than a little; ³pain dichotomized at moderate to severe.