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. 2025 Jan 9;11:20552076241309214. doi: 10.1177/20552076241309214

Table 1.

Socio-demographic, psychometric and prostate cancer characteristics of study participants.

Characteristic Count Characteristic Count

Age (n = 349), mean (SD) (survey)

Relationship status (n = 349), n (%) (survey)
  •  • With partner
  •  • Without partner
Country of birth (n = 349), n (%) (survey)
  •  • Australia
  •  • Overseas
Residence (n = 349), n (%) (survey)
  •  • Major city
  •  • Regional/remote
Education (n = 349), n (%) (survey)
  •  • Primary/secondary school
  •  • University/vocational college
Income (n = 312), n (%) (survey)
  •  • <AUD 50,000
  •  • ≥50,000
Employment (n = 349), n (%) (survey)
  •  • Working
  •  • Retired
Government pension/disability support (n = 346), n (%) (survey)
  •  • Yes
  •  • No
Age at PCx diagnosis (n = 349), mean (SD) (survey) EAU risk stratification (clinical stage) (n = 297), n (%) (rooms)
  •  • Low
  •  • Intermediate/high
Second opinion from health practitioner (n = 349), n (%) (survey)
  •  • Yes
  •  • No
  • • 69.6 (7.8)
  • • 307 (88)
  • • 42 (12)
  • • 267 (76.5)
  • • 82 (23.5)
  • • 239 (68.5)
  • • 110 (31.5)
  • • 87 (24.9)
  • • 262 (75.1)
  • • 84 (26.9)
  • • 228 (73.1)
  • • 157 (45)
  • • 192 (55)
  • • 82 (23.7)
  • • 264 (76.3)
  • • 65.4 (7.8)
  • • 100 (33.7)
  • • 197 (69.3)
  • • 98 (28.1)
  • • 251 (71.9)
First treatment (localized disease) (n = 331), n (%) (rooms)
  • • Active surveillance
  • • Active treatment (surgery, radiotherapy, ADT)
Active surveillance failure (n = 103), n (%) (rooms)
  • • Yes
  • • No
Biochemical failure (n = 349), n (%) (rooms)
  • • Yes
  • • No
Locally advanced/metastatic at any time (n = 349), n (%) (rooms)
  • • Yes
  • • No
Decision Regret Scale (n = 339), mean (SD) PHQ-9 scale (n = 346), mean (SD)
  • • No symptoms (summative score < 5), n (%)
  • • Mild (summative score 5–9), n (%)
  • • Moderate (summative score 10–14), n (%)
  • • Moderate–severe (summative score 15–19), n (%)
  • • Severe (summative score > 19), n (%)
GAD-7 scale (n = 346), mean (SD)
  • • No symptoms (summative score < 4), n (%)
  • • Mild (summative score 5–9), n (%)
  • • Moderate (summative score 10–14), n (%)
  • • Severe (summative score > 14), n (%)
GSES scale (n = 346), mean (SD) Peer navigator for digital PCx information (n = 346), n (%) (survey)
  • • Yes
  • • No
EORTC QLQ-C30 functional TCI met (n = 349), n (%) (survey)
  • • Yes
  • • No
EORTC QLQ-C30 symptom TCI met (n = 349), n (%) (survey)
  • • Yes
  • • No
  • • 103 (31.1)
  • • 228 (68.9)
  • • 55 (53.4)
  • • 48 (46.6)
  • • 49 (14)
  • • 300 (86)
  • • 35 (10)
  • • 314 (90)
  • • 8.5 (15.6)
  • • 2.7 (3.4)
  • • 274 (79.2)
  • • 53 (15.3)
  • • 15 (4.3)
  • • 3 (0.9)
  • • 1 (0.3)
  • • 2 (3.1)
  • • 284 (82.1)
  • • 53 (15.3)
  • • 6 (1.7)
  • • 3 (0.9)
  • • 32.5 (4.2)
  • • 110 (31.8)
  • • 236 (68.2)
  • • 103 (29.5)
  • • 246 (70.5)
  • • 215 (61.6)
  • • 134 (38.4)