Table 1.
Patient socio‐demographic and treatment characteristics and EPIC domain summary scores (N = 331)
| Characteristics | Mean (SD)/range or % |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 64.5 (7.6)/44–89 |
| Education (highest level completed) | |
| University or college degree | 25.4 |
| Trade/technical certificate/diploma | 38.4 |
| Senior high school | 10.0 |
| Junior high school | 19.9 |
| Primary school | 6.0 |
| Did not complete primary school | 0.3 |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 81.6 |
| Defacto | 3.9 |
| Divorced/separated | 4.5 |
| Widowed | 1.2 |
| Single | 8.8 |
| Gross household income (AUD) | |
| < $20 000 | 11.2 |
| $20 000 to $39 999 | 23.0 |
| $40 000 to $59 999 | 14.2 |
| $60 000 to $79 999 | 12.7 |
| $80 000+ | 35.6 |
| Don't know/unwilling to answer | 3.3 |
| Months since diagnosis | 9.6 (1.9)/2.9–12.5 |
| Months since treatment | 6.4 (2.5)/0.1–11.3 |
| Treatment received | |
| Radical prostatectomy | 68.9 |
| EBRT with ADT | 13.0 |
| EBRT without ADT | 2.7 |
| Brachytherapy with ADT | 2.1 |
| Brachytherapy without ADT | 5.4 |
| EBRT & Brachytherapy with ADT | 1.5 |
| ADT only | 2.7 |
| Other | 3.6 |
| EPIC domain summary scores | |
| Urinary | 85.3 (15.6) |
| Bowel | 93.1 (11.0) |
| Hormonal | 80.6 (13.9) |
| Sexual | 36.0 (22.6) |
ADT, androgen deprivation therapy; AUD, Australian dollars; EBRT, external beam radiation therapy; EPIC, expanded prostate cancer incidence composite.