Table 1.
Baseline patient characteristics
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
|
Hospital |
|
|
| Dijon |
271 |
71.1 |
| Nancy |
74 |
19.4 |
| Reims |
18 |
4.7 |
| Strasbourg |
18 |
4.7 |
|
Inclusion criteria |
|
|
| Confirmed primary breast cancer |
242 |
63.5 |
| Suspicion of primary breast cancer |
138 |
36.2 |
| Unknown |
1 |
0.3 |
|
Cancer |
|
|
| Confirmed |
340 |
89.2 |
| Not confirmed |
38 |
10.0 |
| Unknown |
3 |
0.8 |
|
Lymph node dissection(LND) |
|
|
| Axillary LND |
138 |
36.2 |
| Sentinel lymph node biopsy |
131 |
34.4 |
| ALND + SLNB |
32 |
8.4 |
| No LND |
75 |
19.7 |
| Unknown |
5 |
1.3 |
|
Surgery type |
|
|
| Mastectmoy |
124 |
32.6 |
| No mastectomy |
241 |
63.3 |
| Unknown |
16 |
4.2 |
|
Chemotherapy |
|
|
| Yes |
155 |
40.7 |
| No |
218 |
57.2 |
| Unknown |
8 |
2.1 |
|
Radiotherapy |
|
|
| Yes |
254 |
66.7 |
| No |
119 |
31.2 |
| Unknown |
8 |
2.1 |
|
Hormone therapy |
|
|
| Yes |
170 |
44.6 |
| No |
203 |
53.3 |
| Unknown |
8 |
2.1 |
|
Questionnaires order |
|
|
| Arm 1: then-test/post-test |
192 |
50.4 |
| Arm 2: post-test/then-test | 189 | 49.6 |