Table 1. Demographics, depression and anxiety, and survival of patients included in the analysis.
| Prostate cancer |
Colorectal cancer-males |
Lung cancer-males |
Breast cancer |
Gynaecological cancer |
Colorectal cancer- females |
Lung cancer- females |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1531a | 1573 | 2299 | 8467 a | 2910 a | 1154 | 2041 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 8467 (100%) | 2910 (100%) | 1154 (100%) | 2041 (100%) |
| Male | 1531 (100%) | 1573 (100%) | 2299 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
|
Age at cancer diagnosis [median
years, IQR] |
66 [62, 72] | 65 [59, 72] | 68 [61, 74] | 57 [49, 66] | 60 [50, 69] | 65 [57, 72] | 67 [60, 74] |
| SIMD score quintile b | |||||||
| 1 | 262 (17%) | 281 (18%) | 749 (33%) | 1442 (17%) | 617 (21%) | 217 (19%) | 700 (34%) |
| 2 | 251 (16%) | 304 (19%) | 543 (24%) | 1547 (18%) | 617(21%) | 231 (20%) | 511 (25%) |
| 3 | 254 (17%) | 297 (19%) | 365 (16%) | 1539 (18%) | 555 (19%) | 195 (17%) | 328 (16%) |
| 4 | 334 (22%) | 279 (18%) | 309 (13%) | 1630 (19%) | 546 (19%) | 204(18%) | 249 (12%) |
| 5 | 430 (28%) | 411 (26%) | 333 (14%) | 2308 (27%) | 575 (20%) | 307 (27%) | 253 (12%) |
| Missing | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Initial cancer treatment objective | |||||||
| Curative | 635 (41%) | 1116 (71%) | 566 (25%) | 6533 (77%) | 2010 (69%) | 830 (72%) | 546 (27%) |
| Palliative | 634 (41%) | 319 (20%) | 1644 (72%) | 466 (6%) | 521 (18%) | 231 (20%) | 1391 (68%) |
| Missing | 262 (17%) | 138 (9%) | 89 (4%) | 1468 (17%) | 379 (13%) | 93 (8%) | 104 (5%) |
|
Time interval between cancer
diagnosis & HADS c completion [median years, IQR] |
2.0 [0.8, 4.4] | 1.0 [0.3, 2.5] | 0.3 [0.1, 0.8] | 2.0 [0.4, 5.2] | 1.0 [0.4, 2.9] | 1.0 [0.3, 2.6] | 0.3 [0.1, 0.9] |
| HADS | |||||||
| HADS-D (median, IQR) | 3 [1, 6] | 3 [1, 6] | 6 [3, 9] | 3 [1, 6] | 4 [1, 7] | 3 [1, 7] | 6 [3, 9] |
| HADS-A (median, IQR) | 4 [1, 7] | 4 [1, 7] | 5 [3, 9] | 5 [3, 9] | 5 [2, 8] | 5 [2, 8] | 7 [4, 10] |
|
Time from HADS completion to death
or censoring [median years, IQR] |
2.2 [1.7, 3.1] | 1.8 [1.2, 2.8] | 0.8 [0.3, 1.4] | 2.3 [1.6, 3.0] | 1.9 [1.2, 2.8] | 1.8 [1.2, 2.7] | 0.9 [0.4, 1.6] |
| Died during study period | 288 (19%) | 518 (33%) | 1603 (70%) | 1000 (12%) | 824 (28%) | 328(28%) | 1328 (65%) |
Data are n (%) unless stated otherwise.
a
9 patients are included in this table twice because they were diagnosed with more than one primary cancer on the same day: 1 had breast & gynaecological cancers, 3 had colorectal & gynaecological cancers, 2 had breast & lung cancers, 1 had breast & colorectal cancers, 1 had colorectal & lung cancers (male), 1 had colorectal & prostate cancers.
b
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile score: 1=most deprived, 5=least deprived.
c
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale: HADS-D=depression severity, HADS-A=anxiety severity