Table 1.
Participant characteristics (N = 612) *
| Characteristics | Mean (SD) or N (%)† |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 48 (14) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 373 (61.0%) |
| Male | 239 (39.0%) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Chinese | 521 (85.1%) |
| Malay | 53 (8.7%) |
| Indian | 19 (3.1%) |
| Others | 19 (3.1%) |
| Education | |
| Tertiary | 315 (51.5%) |
| Secondary | 204 (33.3%) |
| Primary or below | 93 (15.2%) |
| Questionnaire language | |
| English | 304 (49.7%) |
| Chinese | 308 (50.3%) |
| Mode of administration | |
| Self | 551 (90.0%) |
| Interviewer | 61 (10.0%) |
| Caregiver role | |
| 0 Only person | 126 (20.6%) |
| 1 Primary person | 217 (35.5%) |
| 2 One of the few persons | 269 (44.0%) |
| Patient’s performance status | |
| 0 (Best) | 71 (11.6%) |
| 1 | 205 (33.5%) |
| 2 | 81 (13.2%) |
| 3 | 170 (27.8%) |
| 4 (Worst) | 85 (13.9%) |
| Patient’s diagnosis | |
| Colorectal | 145 (23.7%) |
| Lung | 129 (21.1%) |
| Breast | 72 (11.8%) |
| Others | 266 (43.5%) |
*Mean and standard deviation (SD) for continuous variables; frequency (N) and percent for categorical variables
†Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding