Table 2.
Demographic and medical characteristics of patient participants (n = 133)
| No. of patients | % of patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (Mean ± s.d. 64.2 ± 10.8, range 41–92) | |||
| <50 | 8 | 6 | |
| 50–59 | 45 | 34 | |
| 60–69 | 36 | 27 | |
| 70–79 | 31 | 23 | |
| 80+ | 13 | 10 | |
| Months since surgery (Mean ± s.d. 84.8 ± 5.6, range 74–96) | |||
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 101 | 76 | |
| Unmarried | 4 | 3 | |
| Divorced | 14 | 11 | |
| Widowed | 14 | 11 | |
| Children | |||
| Children | 113 | 85 | |
| No children | 10 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 10 | 8 | |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed full time | 20 | 15 | |
| Employed part time | 27 | 20 | |
| Retired/ not employed | 80 | 60 | |
| Unknown | 4 | 3 | |
| Educational level | |||
| Did not finish school | 2 | 2 | |
| Compulsory | 61 | 46 | |
| Advanced vocational | 56 | 50 | |
| University | 10 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 6 | 5 | |
| Cancer stage at diagnosis | |||
| UICC 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| UICC I | 68 | 52 | |
| UICC II (II a and b) | 39 | 29 | |
| UICC III (III a, b, c) | 21 | 16 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 2 | |
| Surgical procedure | |||
| Breast conserving therapy | 106 | 80 | |
| Mastectomy | 27 | 20 | |
| Treatment (first year after surgery) | |||
| Chemotherapy | 94 | 71 | |
| Radiotherapy | 118 | 89 | |
| Endocrine therapy | 113 | 85 | |
| Anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody | 11 | 8 | |
| Recurrent cancer | 15 | 11 | |
s.d. standard deviation