Table 2.
Patient-related factors
| Patients (N = 41) |
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|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Age: median/average/SD/range | 64/63.2/12.3/36–89 | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 10 | 24 |
| Female | 31 | 76 |
| Tumor diagnosis | ||
| Lung cancer | 9 | 22 |
| Gastrointestinal tumors | 14 | 34 |
| Urologic tumors | 6 | 15 |
| Gynecologic tumors | 10 | 24 |
| Other | 2 | 5 |
| Partnership | ||
| Yes | 26 | 63 |
| No | 15 | 37 |
| Children | ||
| None | 16 | 39 |
| One child | 7 | 17 |
| Two children | 15 | 36 |
| Three or rmore | 3 | 7 |
| Living situation | ||
| Living alone | 16 | 39 |
| Living in a family | 23 | 56 |
| Living in a nursery home | 2 | 5 |
| Religion | ||
| No religion | 13 | 32 |
| Religious | 8 | 20 |
| Did not want to answer | 20 | 49 |
| Additional psychosocial care | ||
| Social care | 41 | 100 |
| Psycho-oncology | 14 | 34 |
| Art therapy | 22 | 54 |
| Previous experience with music therapy | 4 | 10 |
| “Music is relevant in my life” | 21 | 52 |
| Playing an instrument (previously or ongoing) | 19 | 47 |
| Singing regularly | 18 | 46 |
Abbreviations: SD standard deviation