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. 2017 Nov 24;3(2):e19. doi: 10.2196/cancer.7973

Table 1.

Study population characteristics: sociodemographic and disease-related information and psychological burden.

Characteristics Total
Age, years, mean (SD); range 50.2 (10.3); 25 to 83
Length of time between first diagnosis and questionnaire completion, years, mean (SD); range 4.6 (5.0); 0 to 39
Cancer diagnosis, n (%)

Breasta 652 (91.06)

Gynecologica 86 (12.01)
Disease status, n (%)

First episodea 576 (80.44)

Metastasisa 87 (12.15)

Recurrencea 79 (11.03)
Married/with a partner, n (%)

Yes 600 (83.8)

No 116 (16.2)
Children, n (%)

0 159 (22.8)

1 166 (23.2)

2 241 (33.8)

3 97 (13.6)

4 18 (2.5)

≥5 8 (1.3)

Data missing 24 (3.4)
Psychological distress, mean (SD); possible range

Distress Thermometer 5.60 (2.57); 0 to 10
Quality of life, mean (SD); possible range

EQ-5D-3L 62.77 (19.88); 0 to 100
Need for psychosocial support, mean (SD); cutoff

Hornheider Screening Instrument 0.66 (1.51); >0.30

aSelf-reported; multiple answers possible.