Table 2.

Patient sociodemographic and clinical characteristics (N = 1379)

Characteristics	Full sample		Low ITW		High ITW		Chi2 or T-test p-value
	Percent	na	Percent	na	Percent	na
Gender
Female	61.9	845	63.8	305	60.9	540	0.288
Age (years)
Mean age (SD)	61.0 (11.0)		61.3 (10.8)		61.0 (12.2)		0.597
18–49	15.7	214	13.6	65	16.8	149	0.076
50–69	61.5	839	65.5	313	59.3	526
70–98	22.9	312	20.9	100	23.9	212
Education level (completed)
Primary	18.3	246	18.1	85	18.4	161	0.034
Secondary	44.4	598	45.7	215	43.8	383
Business college/CEGEPb	15.7	211	18.5	87	14.2	124
University	21.6	291	17.8	84	23.7	207
Perceived financial status
Financially comfortable	21.9	291	19.6	90	23.2	201	0.155
Earn enough	57.0	757	60.4	278	55.2	479
Poor	18.8	249	18.5	85	18.9	164
Very poor	2.3	31	1.5	7	2.8	24
Cancer type
Breast	26.5	359	29.1	138	25.0	221	<0.0001
Colorectal	21.4	290	23.2	110	20.4	180
Hematopoietic	15.9	216	9.9	47	19.1	169
Bronchopulmonary	14.2	192	17.5	83	12.3	109
Female genital	4.6	62	5.7	27	4.0	35
Other	17.5	238	14.6	69	19.1	169
Time since diagnosis (years)
< 1	55.7	759	57.3	271	54.8	488	0.003
1 to 3	27.7	377	30.7	145	26.1	232
≥ 3	16.7	227	12.1	57	19.1	170
Treatment type
Chemotherapy only	39.0	519	36.6	173	40.3	346	<0.0001
Chemotherapy + other treatment	49.0	653	55.8	264	45.3	389
Other	6.8	91	5.7	27	7.5	64
None	5.1	68	1.9	9	6.9	59
Health status (self-assessed)
Good	50.4	683	50.1	237	50.6	446	0.871
Poor	49.6	672	49.9	236	49.4	436
Comorbidities (self-reported)
0	34.3	473	33.7	162	34.6	311	0.891
1 to 3	59.4	819	59.7	287	59.2	532
More than 3	6.3	87	6.7	32	6.1	55
Emotional distressc
Low	47.7	647	51.1	241	46.0	406	0.075
High	52.3	708	48.9	231	54.0	477

^an may vary per characteristic due to missing value

^bIn Quebec, business colleges and CEGEPs are post-secondary institutions providing pre-university education (2 years) or specialized vocational programs (3 years)

^cForm heiQ emotional distress score (6 items), Low: lower than mean (normal distribution); High: higher than mean