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. 2018 Mar 6;27(6):1533–1544. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1825-4

Table 1.

Baseline clinical and socio-demographic characteristics endometrial and ovarian cancer patients, SCP care versus usual care

Endometrial cancer Ovarian cancer
SCP care (N = 119) Usual care (N = 102) P value SCP care (n = 61) Usual care (n = 113) P value*
Age at survey
 Mean (SD) 67.4 (9.1) 67.8 (8.9) 0.71 63.6 (11.2) 64.3 (10.7) 0.67
SESa, n (%)
 High 43 (36) 36 (35) 0.60 25 (41) 44 (39) 0.12
 Intermediate 49 (41) 42 (41) 15 (25) 44 (39)
 Low 21 (18) 22 (22) 12 (20) 18 (16)
 Unknown 6 (5) 2 (2) 9 (15) 7 (6)
Months since diagnosis, n (%)
 Median 2.2 1.5 < 0.01 3.0 2.4 0.31
 < 1 12 (10) 24 (24) 8 (13) 26 (23)
 1–2 40 (34) 46 (45) 18 (30) 39 (34)
 2–3 33 (28) 20 (20) 8 (13) 17 (15)
 > 3 34 (29) 12 (12) 27 (44) 32 (28)
Comorbidity, n (%)
 None 19 (16) 18 (18) 0.53 21 (34) 28 (25) 0.18
 1 32 (27) 20 (20) 12 (20) 36 (32)
 2 or more 64 (54) 62 (61) 26 (43) 48 (36)
 Unknown 4 (3) 2 (2) 2 (3) 8 (7)
Marital statusb, n (%)
 Partner 85 (71) 76 (75) 0.74 48 (79) 82 (73) 0.39
 No partner 31 (26) 25 (25) 13 (21) 31 (27)
 Unknown 3 (3) 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Employed, n (%)
 Yes 22 (18) 15 (15) 0.40 20 (33) 31 (27) 0.44
 No 85 (71) 79 (77) 41 (67) 83 (73)
 Unknown 12 (10) 8 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0)
FIGO stage, n (%)
 I 102 (85) 89 (87) 0.34 21 (34) 31 (27) 0.63
 II 6 (5) 1 (1) 7 (11) 9 (8)
 II 9 (8) 9 (8) 23 (38) 50 (44)
 IV 2 (2) 3 (3) 10 (16) 20 (18)
 Unknown 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (3)
Treatment, n (%)
 Surgery 117 (99) 97 (98) 0.46 54 (88) 104 (93) 0.33
 Chemotherapy 6 (5) 12 (12) 0.06 44 (72) 92 (82) 0.13
 Radiotherapy 44 (37) 37 (37) 0.99

P values < 0.05 are in bold

aSocio-economic status (SES) was based on postal code of the residence area of the patient

bMarital status included: partner married/living together; no partner divorced/widowed/never married. The numbers may not always add up to 100, because percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers