Table 2.
Characteristics of the participants
| Melanoma | Breast cancer | Prostate cancer | |
| Variable | (N = 608) | (N = 1,927) | (N = 1,750) |
| Age at first diagnosis [yrs] | |||
| Mean ± SD | 55.5 ± 15.7 | 58.8 ± 11.3 | 66.9 ± 7.0 |
| Median | 59 | 60 | 66 |
| Sex [%] | |||
| Male | 46.1 | -- | 100 |
| Female | 53.9 | 100 | -- |
| Social level [%] | |||
| Lower | 12.4 | 15.6 | 14.0 |
| Middle | 65.0 | 67.9 | 63.4 |
| Upper | 22.6 | 16.5 | 22.6 |
| (N = 589) | (N = 1,851) | (N = 1,718) | |
| Spatial category [%] | |||
| Rural | 48.4 | 48.6 | 56.3 |
| Urban | 51.6 | 51.4 | 43.7 |
| Time between initial diagnosis and questioning [%] | |||
| 12 months or less | 42.9 | 18.2 | 23.6 |
| 12 to 24 months | 43.4 | 59.5 | 58.7 |
| more than 24 months | 13.7 | 22.3 | 17.7 |
| Health insurance [%] | |||
| Private | 7.7 | 4.1 | 9.8 |
| Statutory | 92.3 | 95.9 | 90.2 |
| (N = 534) | (N = 1,743) | (N = 1,456) | |
| Living with spouse [%] | 79.4 | 73.5 | 89.5 |
| (N = 606) | (N = 1,921) | (N = 1,737) | |
| Detection of cancer [%] | |||
| By myself or by my partner | 60.1 | 56.9 | 9.1 |
| By a medical examination | 32.8 | 39.2 | 82.3 |
| Other | 7.1 | 3.9 | 8.6 |
| (N = 594) | (N = 1,914) | (N = 1,713) | |
| Surgery [%] | 99.3 | 98.4 | 70.4 |
| (N = 602) | (N = 1,918) | (N = 1,657) | |
| Attendance to a rehabilitation [%] | 6.4 | 52.3 | 45.1 |
| (N = 598) | (N = 1,871) | (N = 1,647) | |
| Global health status (QLQ-C30) | |||
| Mean ± SD | 74.1 ± 22.9 | 65.5 ± 22.4 | 68.4 ± 20.8 |
| Median | 83.3 | 66.7 | 66.7 |
| (N = 593) | (N = 1,866) | (N = 1,704) | |