Table 3 Description of groups stratified by latent class analysis (N = 232)

Psychological impairments

Distress (DT), n (%)

 No clinically relevant

 distress (< 5)

7 (8.1)

1 (2.2)

2 (2.9)

1 (3.3)

 Clinically relevant distress

 (≥ 5)

79 (91.9)

45 (97.8)

68 (97.1)

29 (96.7)

Anxiety (GAD-7), n (%)

 None/mild symptoms (< 10)

67 (77.9)

28 (60.9)

20 (28.6)

3 (10.0)

 Moderate/severe symptoms

 (≥ 10)

17 (19.8)

15 (32.6)

49 (70.0)

25 (83.3)

 Missing

2 (2.3)

3 (6.5)

1 (1.4)

2 (6.7)

Depression (PHQ-9), n (%)

 None/mild symptoms (< 10)

77 (89.5)

35 (76.1)

20 (28.6)

7 (23.3)

 Moderate/severe symptoms

 (≥ 10)

7 (8.2)

10 (21.7)

48 (68.5)

22 (73.4)

 Missing

2 (2.3)

1 (2.2)

2 (2.9)

1 (3.3)

Quality of Life (SF-8; 0-100), M (SD) ^a

General Health (GH)

46.8 (5.2)

45.9 (5.5)

37.3 (6.0)

36.7 (6.3)

Physical Functioning (PF)

51.3 (4.1)

50.7 (4.6)

39.6 (7.9)

37.3 (8.3)

Role Physical (RP)

49.9 (5.9)

50.6 (4.9)

37.1 (8.1)

30.2 (6.1)

Bodily Pain (BP)

56.7 (7.2)

57.2 (7.1)

46.7 (11.8)

44.4 (10.2)

Vitality (VT)

49.5 (7.0)

48.5 (7.5)

41.3 (7.2)

38.3 (7.4)

Social Functioning (SF)

48.7 (8.0)

47.0 (9.7)

40.6 (10.5)

38.0 (10.3)

Mental Health (MH)

46.4 (7.9)

39.4 (9.8)

34.6 (9.6)

35.2 (9.3)

Role Emotional (RE)

44.4 (8.2)

43.7 (8.0)

34.6 (8.6)

30.4 (6.8)

Availability of informal social support (OSLO-3), n (%)

 Poor (3—8)

5 (5.8)

11 (23.9)

15 (21.4)

12 (40.0)

 Moderate (9—11)

38 (44.2)

12 (26.1)

30 (42.9)

10 (33.3)

 Strong (12—14)

43 (50.0)

22 (47.8)

25 (35.7)

8 (26.7)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

1 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Number of unmet needs (FIN), M (SD) ^a

 Basic information (0—4)

0.8 (0.9)

2.4 (1.1)

0.7 (1.0)

2.1 (1.2)

 Information on treatment

 and care (0—7)

2.0 (2.0)

5.1 (1.8)

1.6 (1.8)

4.8 (2.2)

 Support (0—7)

2.4 (1.7)

4.8 (1.7)

2.9 (1.5)

4.9 (1.9)

 Patient comfort (0—2)

0.0 (0.0)

1.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

1.1 (0.3)