Table 1.
Patient distribution according to the participating oncological units.
| Unit | Questionnaires distributed | Patients, n | Not used | Return rate | Gender | Median age (range) in years | |||
| Female | Male | ||||||||
| All | 750 | 375 | 132 | 60.7% (375/618) | 169 | 45.1% | 206 | 54.9% | 59 (18-92) |
| DERMAb | 50 | 36 | 72.0% (36/50 | 22 | 61.1% | 14 | 38.9% | 56 (18-81) | |
| GYNc | 50 | 6 | 12.0% (6/50) | 6 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 59 (26-76) | |
| HANd | 100 | 36 | 3 | 37.1% (36/97) | 14 | 38.9% | 31 | 86.1% | 59 (38-85) |
| HEMe | 50 | 42 | 84.0% (42/50) | 19 | 45.2% | 23 | 54.8% | 63 (31-78) | |
| NEUROf | 150 | 45 | 77 | 61.6% (45/73) | 20 | 44.4% | 25 | 55.6% | 54 (21-78) |
| ORTHOg | 100 | 50 | 12 | 56.8% (50/88) | 26 | 52.0% | 24 | 48.0% | 60 (18-92) |
| RADONCh | 200 | 118 | 40 | 73.8% (118/160) | 55 | 46.6% | 63 | 53.4% | 58 (18-81) |
| SURi | 50 | 42 | 84.0% (42/50) | 16 | 38.1% | 26 | 61.9% | 62 (30-82) | |
aDERMA: dermatooncology.
bGYN: breast center/gynecology.
cHAN: head-and-neck tumor center.
dHEM: hematooncology.
eNEURO: neurooncology.
fORTHO: orthopedic surgery.
gRADONC: radiation oncology.
hSUR: abdominal surgery.