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.