Psychological impact, support and information needs for women with an abnormal Pap smear: comparative results of a questionnaire in three European countries

Table 3 Impact of illness on aspects of life

	Mean score (±SD)*
	Total (N = 1475)	France (N = 765) A	Spain (N = 467) B	Portugal (N = 243) C
Has the illness had any impact on...?
Family life	3.0 (2.5)	2.6 (2.4)	2.6 (2.5)	3.8 (2.7)^AB
Professional life	2.6 (2.4)	2.5 (2.3)	2.4 (2.5)	3.1 (2.5)
Daily life	3.4 (2.7)	3.4 (2.7)	3.1 (2.7)	3.6 (2.6)
Relationship with partner	4.0 (3.0)	4.0 (2.9)	3.9 (3.1)	4.1 (2.9)

Data from Question 10
Superscript letters (A, B, C) show significantly superiority (0.1% risk; student t-test) relative to the corresponding value in the superscript column indicated.
*Scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is no effect and 10 is severely affected.

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