Table 1.
Baseline demographic and disease-related characteristics (n = 462)
| Control (n = 231) |
Intervention (n = 231) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | ||
| Gender (% women) | 80.5% | 79.2% |
| Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 56.16 ± 11.33 | 55.59 ± 11.46 |
| Relationship status (% partner) | 79.7% | 83.5% |
| Education level (%) | ||
| Low | 42.0% | 32.9% |
| Medium | 30.3% | 32.9% |
| High | 27.7% | 34.2% |
| Modal income (%) | ||
| Below modal income | 18.2% | 12.1% |
| Approximately modal income | 33.8% | 36.4% |
| Above modal income | 48.1% | 51.5% |
| Employment status (% employed) | 48.1% | 52.8% |
| Disease-related characteristics | ||
| BMI (mean ± SD) | 26.45 ± 4.86 | 25.96 ± 4.96 |
| Cancer type | ||
| Breast | 71.0% | 70.1% |
| Bladder | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Colorectal | 15.6% | 12.6% |
| Esophageal | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| Gynecologic | 2.6% | 3.9% |
| Hematologic | 6.1% | 5.2% |
| Kidney | 0.4% | 1.3% |
| Liver | 0.4% | 0% |
| Lung | 0% | 2.2% |
| Prostate | 0.9% | 1.3% |
| Stomach | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Testicular | 0.4% | 0.9% |
| Thyroid | 0% | 0.4% |
| Had cancer before (% yes) | 10.0% | 10.4% |
| Treatment type | ||
| Surgery | 13.4% | 12.1% |
| Chemotherapy | 4.3% | 3.5% |
| Radiotherapy | 1.3% | 0.4% |
| Chemotherapy and radiotherapy | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Surgery and chemotherapy | 20.8% | 26.4% |
| Surgery and radiotherapy | 12.3% | 19.9% |
| Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy | 46.8% | 37.2% |
| Time since last treatment (weeks) (mean ± SD) | 23.44 ± 12.90 | 25.06 ± 13.49 |
| Participation in support program (% yes) | 61.0% | 62.8% |
| Comorbid condition (% yes) | 27.3% | 26.8% |