Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of Internet-based mindfulness-based cognitive therapy patients.
| Variable (N=31) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | ||
| Age, years | 53.0 (12.3) | |||
| Gender, male | 6 (19) | |||
| Education level | ||||
| Secondary | 14 (45) | |||
| Vocational or university | 17 (55) | |||
| Time since diagnosis | 3.2 (2.7) | |||
| Cancer diagnosis | ||||
| Breast | 16 (52) | |||
| Other | 15 (48) | |||
| Cancer treatment intent | ||||
| Curative | 24 (77) | |||
| Active cancer treatment | ||||
| Yes | 11 (35) | |||
| Psychological distress, HADSa | 16.2 (7.1) | |||
| MBCTb adherence | ||||
| Completer | 14 (45) | |||
| Dropouts | 10 (32) | |||
| Other priorities | 4 (40) | |||
| Too difficult | 3 (30) | |||
| Too intensive | 1 (10) | |||
| Illness | 1 (10) | |||
| Missed peers | 1 (10) | |||
| No start | 7 (23) | |||
| Wanted MBCT | 3 (43) | |||
| Illness | 1 (14) | |||
| Other priorities | 1 (14) | |||
| Could not log in | 1 (14) | |||
| Needed mental health services | 1 (14) | |||
aHADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.
bMBCT: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.