Signs of Central Hypersensitivity, Stress, and Anxiety following Treatment for Breast Cancer: A Case Control Study

Table 2

Perceived pain at rest, symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and sleep disturbance among participants ().

	PO group ()	Control group ()
VAS (0-100 mm)	2.1 ± 2.8	—
Depression (0-21)	3 (0; 9)[1; 5.8]	2.5 (0; 2)[1; 5.5]
Anxiety (0-21)	5 (0; 2)[3; 12.5]	2.5 (0; 1)[1; 4.8]
Stress (0-21)	(7.8; 11.8)	(5.2; 8.3)
DASS-21 (0-63)	(14.8; 25.5)	(9.5; 18.1)
PSQI (0-21)	(6.9; 10.7)	(6.7; 9.7)

VAS: visual analog scale at rest; DASS-21: depression, anxiety, and stress scales; PSQI: Pittsburgh sleep quality index. Values are expressed as (lower and upper limit of 95% confidence interval) and median (minimum; maximum) [first quartile-third quartile]. when comparing groups by Student’s -test.