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Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants and non-participants

From: A survey of cancer patients’ unmet information and coordination needs in handovers – a cross-sectional study

 

Participants, n (%)

Non-participants, n (%)

All

131 (52.4)

119 (47.6)

Demographic characteristics

  

Gender*

  

 Female

98 (75)

86 (72)

 Male

33 (25)

33 (28)

Age*

65 (9.5), 41-86

66 (11.4), 39-90

Mean (SD), min-max

 <60 years

38 (29)

40 (34)

 ≥60 years

93 (71)

78 (66)

Years since diagnosis*

3.09 (1.65-6.01)

3.89 (2.03-6.76)

Median (IQR)

 <3 years

60 (46)

46 (39)

 ≥3 years

70 (54)

71 (61)

Marital status #

  

 Not living with a partner

28 (22)

-

 Living with a partner

102 (78)

-

Children #

  

 No children living at home

114 (89)

-

 Children living at home

14 (11)

-

Education #

  

 No higher education

70 (57)

-

 Higher education

56 (44)

-

Occupation #

  

 Not retired

47 (37)

-

 Retired

80 (63)

-

Clinical characteristics

  

Comorbidity

  

 No comorbidity

40 (32)

-

 Comorbidity

95 (68)

-

Cancer type*

  

 Breast

90 (71)

82 (69)

 Prostate

27 (21)

22 (19)

 Colorectal

10 (8)

11 (9)

 Other

0 (0)

3 (3)

Treatment*

  

 Surgery

96 (74)

92 (78)

 Radiation therapy

79 (61)

66 (56)

 Chemotherapy

68 (52)

64 (54)

 Hormone therapy

100 (77)

85 (72)

 Other pharmaceutical

17 (13)

13 (11)

 Other treatments

3 (2)

2 (2)

 No treatment

4 (3)

2 (2)

  1. *Information on sex, age, years since diagnosis, cancer type and treatment were retrieved by RNs from medical records at the time of assessment.
  2. #Information available only on included patients because information was self-reported, i.e. from the patient questionnaire.