Table 1.
Demographic and psychological characteristics of participants who completed the post-staging questionnaire
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Overall | Patient cohort | Differences between patient cohorts |
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| N = 115 | La n = 54 | Cb n = 61 | ||
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Agec [median in years (range)] | 66.3 (31–89) | 69.7 (50–89) | 64.2 (31–85) | Mann–Whitney U test p = 0.010 |
| Male genderc | 58.3 (67) | 55.6 (30) | 60.7 (37) | X2 = 0.306; df = 1; p = 0.580 |
| White ethnicityd | 91.8 (90) | 93.8 (45) | 90.0 (45) | Fisher’s Exact; p = 0.715 |
| IMD deprivationc | ||||
| 1 (highest) | 23.5 (27) | 25.9 (14) | 21.3 (13) | X2 = 0.3875; df = 4; p = 0.423 |
| 2 | 24.3 (28) | 27.8 (15) | 21.3 (13) | |
| 3 | 21.7 (25) | 24.1 (13) | 19.7 (12) | |
| 4 | 17.4 (20) | 14.8 (8) | 19.7 (12) | |
| 5 (lowest) | 13.0 (15) | 7.4 (4) | 18.0 (11) | |
| Physical and emotional well-being | ||||
| Comorbidity (at least one comorbid illness reported)d | 53.4 (55) | 66.7 (34) | 40.4 (21) | X2 = 7.147; df = 1; p = 0.008 |
| Emotional distressd | ||||
| (GHQ-12 score of 4 or higher) | 41.6 (42) | 47.1 (24) | 36.0 (18) | X2 = 1.271; df = 1; p = 0.260 |
GHQ-12, 12-Item General Health Questionnaire; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.
Numbers are percent (n) unless otherwise specified.
a
Non-small cell lung cancer.
b
Colorectal cancer % is valid percent where there is missing data.
c
No missing data.
d
Missing data greater than 5%.