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. 2015 Nov 24;1(2):e11. doi: 10.2196/cancer.3905

Table 4.

Differences in participant characteristics between paper-based and web-based questionnaires.



Paper-based questionnaire Web-based questionnaire P value
Survivors, n
196 240
Median age, range
30 (18-61) 31 (18-57) .73
Median age at diagnosis, range
6 (0-17) 6 (0-17) .88
Median number of years since diagnosis, range
23 (10-49) 23 (11-45) .52
Gender, n (%)


.96

Male 93 (47.4) 109 (45.4)

Female 103 (52.6) 131 (54.6)
Follow-up center, n (%)




AMC 104 (53.1) 104 (43.3)

Erasmus 50 (25.5) 84 (35.0)

VUmc 42 (21.4) 52 (21.7)
Diagnosis, n (%)


.40

Central nervous system tumor 26 (13.3) 24 (10.0)

Leukemia 50 (25.5) 57 (23.8)

Lymphoma 39 (19.9) 48 (20.0)

Renal tumor 29 (14.8) 38 (15.8)

Other 52 (26.5) 73 (30.4)
Chemotherapy, n (%)
153 (78.1) 192 (80.0) .91
Radiotherapy, n (%)
81 (41.3) 90 (37.5) .40
Surgery, n (%)
133 (67.9) 173 (72.1) .73
Other therapy, n (%)
104 (53.1) 124 (51.7) .81
Recurrence of disease, n (%)
26 (13.3) 33 (13.8) .70
Recent visit to late effect outpatient clinic (<2 years), n (%)
92 (46.9) 99 (41.2) .76
Marital status, n (%)


.28

Single 72 (36.7) 77 (32.1)

In a relationship 68 (34.7) 85 (35.4)

(Ever) Married 56 (28.6) 78 (32.5)
Employment status, n (%)


.02

Student 29 (15.2) 45 (18.8) .83

Employed 122 (63.9) 169 (70.7) .24

Unemployed 40 (20.9) 25 (10.5) .015

Unknown 5 1
Educational level, n (%)


.001

Lowa 35 (17.9) 17 (7.1) .008

Mediumb 107 (54.6) 135 (56.2) .67

Highc 54 (27.6) 88 (36.7) .04

aLow educational level: ISCED levels 0 to 2.

bMedium educational level: ISCED levels 3 to 5.

cHigh education level: ISCED levels 6 to 8.