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. 2016 Jul 14;158:563–572. doi: 10.1007/s10549-016-3896-7

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics (n = 746)

Characteristics Total sample
Sociodemographic factors
 Age at diagnosis (median, range) 58 (24–83)
 Nationality (n, %)
  Dutch only 716 (96.0)
  Dutch and other or other only 30 (4.0)
 Educational level (n, %)a
  Low 346 (46.4)
  Intermediate 185 (24.8)
  High 215 (28.8)
 Living situation (n, %)
  With partner 383 (51.3)
  With partner and child(ren) 192 (25.7)
  With child(ren) 34 (4.6)
  Alone 127 (17.0)
  Other 10 (1.3)
 Employment status (n, %)
  Paid work 278 (37.3)
  Homemaker 141 (18.9)
  Retired 197 (26.4)
  No work or unpaid 56 (7.5)
  (Partly) Work-disabled due to breast cancer 74 (9.9)
Clinical factors
 Type of breast cancer (n, %)
  Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) 104 (13.9)
  Invasive and DCIS 57 (7.6)
  Invasive 585 (78.4)
 Cancer stage at diagnosis (n, %)
  TIS: carcinoma in situ 104 (13.9)
  Invasive early stage (T1/T2) 621 (83.2)
  Invasive late stage (T3/T4) 21 (2.8)
 Type of surgery (n, %)
  Lumpectomy 630 (84.5)
  Mastectomy 105 (14.1)
  Lumpectomy and mastectomy 9 (1.2)
  No lumpectomy or mastectomy 2 (0.3)
 Radio- and/or chemotherapy (n, %)
  Radiotherapy only 470 (63.0)
  Chemotherapy only 24 (3.2)
  Radio- and chemotherapy 198 (26.5)
  No radio- or chemotherapy 54 (7.2)
 Other types of treatment (n, %; yes/no)
  Hormonal 258 (34.6)
  Immunotherapy 32 (4.3)
 Recurrence (n, %)
  No 731 (98.0)
  Yes 15 (2.0)
 Previous use of psychosocial services (n, %)
  No 578 (77.5)
  Yes 168 (22.5)
 Comorbidity (n, %)
  0 comorbid conditions 282 (37.8)
  1 comorbid condition 231 (31.0)
  2 or more comorbid conditions 233 (31.2)
Psychosocial factors 6 months postdiagnosis
 Social support (median, range) 4.25 (1–5)
 Life satisfaction (median, range) 7 (0–10)
 Cancer worry (median, range) 3 (1–4)
 Neuroticism (median, range) 2 (0–12)