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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Oncol Nurs Forum. 2013 Mar;40(2):10.1188/13.ONF.171-179. doi: 10.1188/13.ONF.171-179

Table 1.

Care Recipient Characteristics (N = 133)

Characteristic X̄ SD Range
Age (years) (N = 131) 53.29 13.87 22–85
KPS (N = 114) 82.63 12.63 50–100
Characteristic n %
Gender
 Male 85 64
 Female 48 36
Tumor type
 Astrocytoma I 2 2
 Astrocytoma II 5 4
 Astrocytoma III 11 8
 Glioblastoma multiforme 66 50
 Oligodendroglioma 19 14
 Other 12 9
 Missing 18 13

KPS—Karnofsky Performance Scale

Note. The KPS ranges from 0 (death) to 100 (perfect health).