Table 1.
Profile of non-participants and participants, and factors associated with participation (N = 737)
| Non-Participants n = 521 (71%) |
Participants n = 216 (29%) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver | ||||
| Gendera | Maleb | 218 (70) | 92 (30) | 0.012 |
| Female | 187 (60) | 124 (40) | ||
| Age | Mean (SD) | 56.75 (12.94) | – | |
| 18–39 years | 23 (11) | |||
| 40–59 years | 97 (45) | |||
| 60+ years | 96 (44) | |||
| Living situation | Together | 181 (84) | – | |
| Not together | 35 (16) | |||
| Patient/caregiver Relationship | Spouse/partner | 171 (79) | – | |
| Non-spouse/partner | 45 (21) | |||
| Educationa | Tertiary | 68 (32) | – | |
| Non-tertiary | 147 (68) | |||
| Household size | Median | 2.00 | – | |
| Min/Max (Range) | 1/8 (7) | |||
| Patient | ||||
| Gender | Femaleb | 332 (73) | 122 (27) | 0.057 |
| Male | 189 (67) | 94 (33) | ||
| Age | Mean (SD) | 59.96 (12.56) | 56.29 (12.25) | |
| 60+ yearsb | 284 (72) | 112 (28) | ||
| 40–59 years | 207 (70) | 90 (30) | 0.592 | |
| 18–39 years | 30 (68) | 14 (32) | 0.463 | |
| Socio-economic statusa | Middleb | 187 (68) | 88 (32) | |
| Low | 148 (76) | 47 (24) | 0.063 | |
| High | 185 (70) | 79 (30) | 0.602 | |
| Cancer type | Breastb | 240 (73) | 89 (27) | |
| Bowel | 40 (69) | 18 (31) | 0.722 | |
| Prostate/testicular | 59 (67) | 29 (33) | 0.276 | |
| Lung/H&N/melanoma/brain | 78 (70) | 33 (30) | 0.659 | |
| Haematological | 55 (68) | 26 (32) | 0.438 | |
| Others | 49 (70) | 21 (30) | 0.431 | |
| Treatment type | Radiotherapyb | 312 (81) | 72 (19) | |
| Chemotherapy | 189 (70) | 82 (30) | 0.003 | |
| Chemoradiotherapy | 20 (24) | 62 (76) | < 0.001 | |
| Hospital type | Publicb | 448 (76) | 144 (24) | < 0.001 |
| Private | 73 (50) | 72 (50) | ||
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