Research Article
Personalized Prechemotherapy Education Reduces Peri-Chemotherapy Anxiety in Colorectal Cancer Patients
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of enrolled patients.
| | Characteristics | Prechemotherapy educated (127 cases) | Not educated (237 cases) | value (between groups) | Relative risk | 95% CI |
| | Age& | | | 0.12 | — | — | | Male$ | 84 | 145 | 0.74 | 1.08 | (0.92, 1.27) | | Education level (≥ secondary education)$ | 46 | 68 | 0.14 | 0.89 | (0.77, 1.04) | | Prechemotherapy GAD-7& | | | 0.55 | — | — | | Moderate to severe anxiety$ | 58 | 128 | 0.13 | 0.85 | (0.68, 1.06) | | Postchemotherapy GAD-7& | | | <0.01 | — | — | | Moderate to severe anxiety$ | 26 | 121 | <0.01 | 0.40 | (0.28, 0.58) | | value (before vs. after education) | <0.01 | 0.10 | — | — | — | | Change in GAD-7& | | | <0.01 | — | — |
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