Table 4.
Age | Health Status | Cancer Status | ||||
Question | n/N (%) < 75 n/N (%) ≥ 75 | p-value | n/N (%) Good/Excellent n/N (%) Poor/Marginal/Ave | p-value | n/N (%) Cured n/N (%) Not Cured | p-value |
Recommendation from cancer doctor to participate | 45/46 (98) 44/47 (94) | 45/47 (96) 41/43 (95) | 30/31 (97) 46/49 (94) | |||
0.32 | 0.93 | 0.56 | ||||
Recommendation from the family doctor to participate | 36/46 (78) 40/46 (87) | 38/47 (81) 35/42 (83) | 25/31 (81) 39/48 (81) | |||
0.27 | 0.76 | 0.95 | ||||
Recommendation from family/friends to participate | 26/46 (57) 26/45 (58) | 24/49 (49) 23/39 (59) | 17/31 (55) 28/47 (60) | |||
0.90 | 0.35 | 0.68 | ||||
The chance that you may live longer because of the treatment | 43/46 (93) 40/46 (87) | 41/47 (87) 39/42 (93) | 24/31 (77) 46/48 (96) | |||
0.29 | 0.38 | 0.012 | ||||
The chance that you may feel better because of the treatment | 44/46 (96) 44/46 (96) | 45/47 (96) 40/42 (95) | 30/31 (97) 45/48 (94) | |||
1.00 | 0.91 | 0.55 | ||||
The chance that this study may help other cancer patients in the future | 44/45 (98) 43/46 (93) | 44/46 (96) 40/42 (95) | 30/31 (97) 44/47 (94) | |||
0.32 | 0.93 | 0.54 | ||||
Your age | 31/44 (70) 28/46 (61) | 29/45 (64) 28/42 (67) | 20/30 (67) 29/47 (62) | |||
0.34 | 0.83 | 0.66 |