Table 2.
Participant characteristics
|
MCGP-CS (n = 57) |
SGP (n = 56) |
CAU (n = 57) |
P | χ2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Mean (SD) | 58.6 (10.7) | 55.5 (9.6) | 57.3(10.4) | .340 | 2.58 |
| Sex Female N (%) | 40 (70%)* | 49 (88%) | 51 (90%) | .012 | 8.83 |
| Level of education | .156 | 6.65 | |||
| Low | 18 (32%) | 9 (16%) | 17 (30%) | ||
| Medium | 20 (35%) | 25 (45%) | 14 (26%) | ||
| High | 19 (33%) | 22 (39%) | 25 (44%) | ||
| Religion | .181 | 3.42 | |||
| Christian | 23 (40%) | 32 (57%) | 30 (53%) | ||
| No religion | 34 (60%) | 24 (43%) | 27 (47%) | ||
| Marital status Single N (%) | 12 (21%) | 9 (16%) | 13 (23%) | .650 | 0.86 |
| Household composition | |||||
| Lives alone | 10 (18%) | 11 (20%) | 11 (19%) | ||
| Lives with partner | 28 (49%) | 27 (48%) | 21 (37%) | ||
| Lives with children | 2 (4%) | 1 (2%) | 3 (5%) | ||
| Lives with partner and children | 17 (30%) | 17 (30%) | 22 (39%) | ||
| Type of cancer | .071 | 8.63 | |||
| Breast | 30 (53%) | 40 (71%) | 42 (74%) | ||
| Colon | 15 (26%) | 12 (21%) | 10 (18%) | ||
| Other | 12 (21%) | 4 (7%) | 5 (9%) | ||
| Months since last cancer treatment | 19 (6–58) | 16 (5–52) | 18 (3–55) | .888 | 0.241 |
| Median (range) | |||||
| Type of treatment | |||||
| Chemotherapy N (%) | 26 (53%) | 34 (61%) | 36 (67%) | .124 | 4.18 |
| Surgery N (%) | 57 (100%) | 56 (100%) | 56 (98%) | .369 | 1.99 |
| Radiation N (%) | 31 (54%) | 32 (57%) | 33 (58%) | .924 | 0.16 |
| Hormonal therapy N (%) | 22 (30%) | 28 (47%) | 30 (47%) | .280 | 2.54 |
| History psychological treatment N (%) | .724 | 3.65 | |||
| Received psychological treatment in the last year | 12 (21%) | 11 (20%) | 7 (13%) | ||
| Received psychological treatment > 1 year ago | 21 (37%) | 21 (37%) | 17 (31%) | ||
| Never received psychological treatment before | 24 (42%) | 24 (43%) | 31 (56%) | ||
| Significant negative event in past 2 years other than cancer N (%) | 27 (47%) | 31 (54%) | 33 (55%) |
1
Kruskall Wallis
*
significant difference between MCGP-CS and CAU