Table 3.
Variable | Total sample (n=107) |
Did not come to clinic (n=90) |
Came to clinic (n=17) |
p-value* |
---|---|---|---|---|
Type of cancer | 0.992 | |||
Bladder | 44 (41%) | 37 (84%) | 7 (16%) | |
Uterine | 15 (14%) | 13 (87%) | 2 (13%) | |
Ovarian | 14 (13%) | 12 (86%) | 2 (14%) | |
Cervical | 12 (11%) | 9 (75%) | 3 (25%) | |
Endometrial | 12 (11%) | 10 (83%) | 2 (17%) | |
Testicular | 4 (4%) | 3 (75%) | 1 (25%) | |
Colon | 2 (2%) | 2 (100%) | 0 (0%) | |
Kidney | 1 (1%) | 2 (100%) | 0 (0%) | |
Other sites | 3 (3%) | 3 (100%) | 0 (0%) | |
Lymph nodes removed | 0.85 | |||
Yes | 30 (29%) | 24 (28%) | 6 (35%) | |
No | 54 (53%) | 45 (53%) | 9 (53%) | |
Not sure | 18 (18%) | 16 (19%) | 2 (12%) | |
Radiation treatment | 0.16 | |||
Yes | 38 (37%) | 29 (35%) | 9 (53%) | |
No | 63 (62%) | 54 (64%) | 8 (47%) | |
Not sure | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |
Have you ever heard about lymphedema | 0.25 | |||
Yes | 23 (23%) | 16 (19%) | 7 (41%) | |
No | 74 (73%) | 64 (75%) | 10 (59%) | |
Not sure | 5 (5%) | 5 (6%) | 0 (0%) | |
Ever been told you have lymphedema | 0.02 | |||
Yes | 6 (6%) | 2 (2%) | 4 (24%) | |
No | 90 (90%) | 78 (93%) | 12 (71%) | |
Not sure | 5 (4%) | 4 (5%) | 1 (6%) | |
Received treatment for lymphedema | 0.18 | |||
Yes | 7 (7%) | 3 (4%) | 4 (24%) | |
No | 89 (87%) | 76 (89%) | 13 (76%) | |
Not sure | 6 (5%) | 6 (7%) | 0 (0%) | |
Median [IQR] lymphedema symptoms | 0 [0–4] | 0 [0–3] | 4 [3–9.5] | 0.004 |
Results are No. (%) or median [IQR] where noted.
examining differences between those that came to clinic versus did-not using Fishers exact and rank-sum test. May not sum to 100% due to rounding error and non-item response.