Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of study subjects by mode of administration and by completion of FACT-C instrument

	Self (n = 235)	Interview (n = 156)	Complete		Incomplete
			Total (n = 391)	P value†	Total (n = 145)	P value‡
Age (year, mean ± SD)†‡	61.2 ± 10.8	66.0 ± 12.0	63.1 ± 11.5	<0.001	65.9 ± 9.8	0.009
Sex (%)				0.697		0.098
Male	59.6	61.5	60.4		52.4
Female	40.4	38.5	39.6		47.6
Education level (%)†				<0.001		0.102
No formal school	7.2	17.3	11.3		10.4
Primary	28.9	37.8	32.5		42.4
Secondary	45.5	36.5	41.9		38.9
Tertiary	18.3	8.3	14.3		8.3
Marital status (%)‡				0.431		<0.001
Married	82.1	78.8	80.8		60.0
Not married	17.9	21.2	19.2		40.0
Currently working (%)†				0.001		0.183
Yes	28.9	14.7	23.3		17.9
No	71.1	85.3	76.7		82.1
Income (HKD, %)†‡				<0.001		<0.001
≤$20,000	72.6	92.9	80.7		94.3
>$20,000	27.4	7.1	19.3		5.7
Smoking (%)				0.366		0.194
Ever had	26.0	30.1	27.6		22.1
Never had	74.0	69.9	72.4		77.9
Drinking (%)				0.326		0.436
Ever had	30.2	25.6	28.4		25.0
Never had	69.8	74.4	71.6		75.0
Colorectal neoplasm (%)†‡				0.041		0.049
CRC	70.2	79.5	73.9		82.1
Polyps	29.8	20.5	26.1		17.9
Active CRC treatment (%)*†	n = 165	n = 124	n = 289	0.007	n = 119	0.403
No	77.6	71.8	75.1		79.8
Adjuvant	10.3	4.0	7.6		4.2
Palliative	12.1	24.2	17.3		16.0
Stoma (%)*†	n = 165	n = 124	n = 289	0.045	n = 119	0.456
Present	9.7	17.7	13.1		16.0
Absent	90.3	82.3	86.9		84.0

CRC colorectal cancer

* Colorectal cancer (CRC) group only

^†Significant difference between modes of administration by chi-square or independent t test

^‡Significant difference between subjects completing and not completing FACT-C by chi-square or independent t test