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. 2017 Apr 19;9:1–6. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2017.03.005

Table 1.

Demographic and baseline characteristics of 171 women who applied to the internet course.

Total
N = 171;
100%
Treatment completed
N = 100 (58.5%)
Treatment not completed
N = 71 (42.5%)
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Demographic characteristics
% Women 100% 100% 100% NA
Age mean (SD) 49.4 (8.7) 50.1 (9.0) 48.3 (8.0) 0.17
% Born in the Netherlandsa 84.2% 85.0% 83.1% 0.74
% Higher education 53.2% 59.0% 45.1% 0.07
% Living together 78.9% 79.0% 78.9% 0.98
% In a paid job 78.9% 80.0% 77.5% 0.69
% On sick leave 47.4% 38.8% 60.0% 0.02



Type of treatment
% Complete breast amputation 60.8% 64.0% 56.3% 0.31
Years between operation and admission to intervention, mean (SD) 2.3 (2.1) 2.4 (2.2) 2.2 (2.0) 0.62
% Radiotherapy 65.5% 66.0% 64.8% 0.87
% Chemotherapy 77.8% 77.0% 78.9% 0.77
% Hormonal therapy 76.0% 76.0% 76.1% 0.99
% With lymphe oedemia 46.8% 41.0% 54.9% 0.07



Sleep characteristics
Insomnia severity index, mean (SD) 16.5 (3.6) 16.1 (3.4) 17.0 (3.9) 0.11
Fatigue Severity Scale, mean (SD) 39.3 (11.1) 37.3 (11.1) 42.2 (10.6) < 0.01
% With sleep medication 45.0% 48.0% 40.8% 0.35
% Insomnia before breast cancer 38.0% 41.0% 33.8% 0.34
% Sleep medication in history 25.7% 29.0% 21.1% 0.25
% Other sleep treatment in history 7.6% 8.0% 7.0% 0.82



Psychological symptoms and functioning
HADS-anxiety 7.6 (3.7) 7.6 (3.7) 7.6 (3.8) 0.95
HADS-depression 5.5 (3.7) 5.2 (3.5) 5.9 (4.0) 0.20
WSAS functioning (total) 16.2 (9.7) 15.4 (9.6) 17.3 (9.7) 0.20
WSAS household 3.9 (2.8) 3.5 (2.6) 4.5 (2.9) 0.12
WSAS work 4.5 (3.1) 4.4 (3.1) 4.6 (3.2) 0.63
WSAS friendship 3.8 (2.8) 3.7 (2.7) 4.0 (2.8) 0.46
WSAS social functioning 4.0 (2.7) 3.9 (2.7) 4.2 (2.8) 0.48
% Medical referral 33.5% 33.0% 34.5% 0.86
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Participant + both parents were born in the Netherlands.