Descriptive statistics and baseline differences.

<p>Descriptive statistics and baseline differences.</p

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.

<p>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.</p

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.

<p>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.</p

CONSORT study flow diagram.

<p>CONSORT study flow diagram.</p

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.

<p>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.</p