Table 1. Sample Characteristics (N = 229).
| Note. Missing data: marital status, n = 5; live alone, n = 3; education, n = 9; employment, n = 3; tumor grade, n = 4. HADS-(A/D) = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-(Anxiety/Depression); PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; IES = Impact of Events Scale. | |
| Age | |
| Mean (SD) | 61.3 (8.9) |
| Range | 38 to 85 |
| n (% of total N) | |
| Gender | |
| Female | 150 (66) |
| Male | 79 (34) |
| Ethnicity | |
| White Caucasian | 224 (98) |
| Other | 5 (2) |
| Marital status | |
| Married/cohabiting | 151 (66) |
| Live alone | 46 (20) |
| Education | |
| Left school without any qualifications | 88 (38) |
| School qualifications or higher | 132 (58) |
| Employment | |
| Employed (full/part time) | 88 (38) |
| Retired | 99 (43) |
| Retired (health) | 16 (7) |
| Homemaker | 13 (6) |
| Unemployed | 10 (4) |
| Cancer diagnosis | |
| Breast | 150 (66) |
| Prostate | 79 (34) |
| Tumor grade | |
| Low | 56 (24) |
| Intermediate | 107 (47) |
| High | 62 (27) |
| Distress outcomes | |
| Anxiety (HADS-A >7) | 117 (51) |
| Depression (HADS-D >7) | 28 (12) |
| PTSD symptoms (IES total ≥27) | 136 (59) |