Table 4

Differences in psychosocial status in the first screening round

Range of valuesResponding rate per item n/n/nAttenders n=1388
mean (SD)
Non-attenders respondents n=260
mean (SD)
Non-attenders non-respondents n=347
mean (SD)
P value*P value adjusted†*
COS scales
 Anxiety0–181353/253/3341.46 (2.16)1.75 (2.54)2.11 (2.66)<0.0010.0028
 Behaviour0–211365/257/3400.75 (1.89)1.05 (2.44)1.04 (2.43)0.01340.0976
 Dejection0–181372/257/3391.25 (2.05)1.54 (2.48)1.68 (2.33)0.00180.0512
 Sleep0–121368/253/3440.62 (1.64)0.86 (1.98)0.90 (1.86)0.00720.0530
  • *Benjamini-Hochberg rejects all p values above 0.0321 to control the FDR at 0.05.

  • †The differences are adjusted for sex, age, region of residence, social group, living alone, smoking status, pack-years, motivation for smoking cessation and CCI. The continuous values variables (age and pack-years) are included as a quadratic function as to allow for possible non-linear effects.

  • CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index;; COS, Consequences in Screening; FDR, False Discovery Rate.