Table 2.

Comparison of sociodemographic and data of breast cancer outcomes

Outcome	Total sample	Non-visiting physiotherapist	Visiting physiotherapist	Between-groups comparison (p-values)
Socio-economic characteristics
Age (years) at the time of the survey, n (%)  29–54  55–62  63–70  71–95		435(24.3%) 445(24.9%) 427(23.9%) 461(25.8%)	126 (31.9%) 128 (32.4%) 87(22.0%) 54(13.7%)	< 0.001*
Total	2181	1768	395
Highest level of education attained, n (%)  None or primary  Secondary  Superiors		395 (23.2%) 627 (36.9%) 677 (39.9%)	39 (10.1%) 137 (35.5%) 210 (54.4%)	< 0.001*
Total	2085	1699	386
National Classification of Occupations, n (%)  Manual workers  Intermediate  Directors and managers		449 (29.1%) 546(35.4%) 547(35.5%)	92 (24.3%) 132(34.9%) 154(40.7%)	0.091
Total	1920	1542	378
Mutual or private insurance, n (%)  No  Yes		513 (29.7%) 1215 (70.3%)	146 (36.0%) 260 (64.0%)	0.014*
Total	2134	1728	406
Received information regarding rehabilitation, n (%) None or low Fair or too much		987 (65.7%) 515(34.3%)	248(66.0%) 128(34.0%)	0.93
Total	1878	1502	376
Breast cancer outcomes
Cancer stage, n (%)  In situ  Initial  Local  Metastasis		147 (9.3%) 728 (45.9%) 690 (43.5%) 20 (1.3%)	30 (8.1%) 135(36.7%) 199(54.1%) 4(1.1%)	0.004*
Total	1953	1585	368
Years from the diagnosis, n (%)  0–3  4–6  7–9  10–26		386 (21.1%) 560 (30.7%) 453 (24.8%) 427 (23.4%)	102 (24.9%) 131 (32.0%) 95 (23.2%) 81 (19.8%)	0.20
Total	2235	1826	409
Number of relapses, n (%)  None  One More than one		828 (45.3%) 135 (7.4%) 863 (47.3%)	156 (38.1%) 44 (10.8%) 209 (51.1%)	0.008*
Total	2235	1826	409
General health status, n (%) Low Goo	Low Goo
Low Good or excellent		571 (32.2%) 1200 (67.8%)	197 (50.4%) 194 (49.6%)	< 0.001*
Total	2186	1771	391

All data are presented as number of sample (n) and percentages (%). *Student t test. Significant differences