Table 1.
Demographic and disease characteristics by assessment language
| Variable | All patients (n=1640) |
English-speaking patients (n=1040) |
French-speaking patients (n=600) |
| Mean age, years (SD)* | 55.1 (12.5) | 55.7 (11.7) | 54.0 (13.8) |
| Female (%) | 87.2 | 87.6 | 86.5 |
| Mean SAAS summed score (SD) | 29.1 (13.7) | 28.3 (13.2) | 30.5 (14.5) |
| Diffuse disease type (%) | 39.0 | 42.4 | 33.2 |
| Mean time since diagnosis, years (SD) | 9.2 (7.9) | 9.7 (8.0) | 8.5 (7.6) |
| Married or common law (%) | 71.2 | 73.3 | 67.5 |
| At least 12 years of education (%) | 85.7 | 94.2 | 70.8 |
| Race† | |||
| White (%) | 83.6 | 83.9 | 83.0 |
| Black (%) | 7.1 | 6.1 | 8.8 |
| Other (%) | 9.3 | 10.0 | 8.2 |
| Country of patient recruitment | |||
| Canada (%) | 24.9 | 28.7 | 18.5 |
| USA (%) | 35.5 | 55.9 | 0.2 |
| UK (%) | 9.7 | 15.3 | 0.0 |
| France (%) | 29.8 | 0.1 | 81.3 |
| Australia (%) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Due to missing values.
*n=1036 for the English cohort.
†n=1038 for the English cohort.
SAAS, Social Appearance Anxiety Scale.