Fig 1.
CONSORT study flow diagram.
Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and baseline differences.
Table 2.
Results from MLMs (baseline, 3- and 9 month follow-up) (Time × Group) of physical symptoms (PHQ), number of GP visits, and number of GP telephone contacts (2a), and results of moderation analyses with repressive coping (2b), social constraints (SCS-C) (2bc), rumination (ECQ) (2d), alexithymia (TAS-20) (2e), and writing topic (own cancer vs. other topic vs. neutral writing) included as moderators.
Fig 2.
Alexithymia as moderator: Mean number of telephone contacts with general practitioner (GP) (Error bars: 95%CI) from baseline to follow-up of high and low alexithymic women in the EWI and neutral writing control group.
Fig 3.
Writing topic as moderator: Mean number of visits to general practitioner (GP) (Error bars: 95%CI) from baseline to follow-up of EWI participants writing about their own cancer, EWI participants writing about other topics, and neutral writing controls.
Fig 4.
Writing topic as moderator: Mean number of telephone contacts with general practitioner (GP) (Error bars: 95%CI) from baseline to follow-up of EWI participants writing about their own cancer, EWI participants writing about other topics, and neutral writing controls.