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. 2020 Oct 29;22(10):e19685. doi: 10.2196/19685

Table 1.

Participant characteristics for intervention, control, and control participants matched for age, sex, and treatment status.


PROMPT-Carea (n=328) Control (n=1911) P value Matched control (n=1312) P value
Age (years), mean (range) 62.4 (25-86) 62.7 (18-96) .61 62.3 .90
Sex, n (%)

.33
.45

Male 133 (40.6) 720 (37.7)
502 (38.3)

Female 195 (59.5) 1191 (62.3)
810 (61.7)
Site of cancer, n (%)

.50
.18

Breast 132 (40.2) 854 (44.7)
620 (47.3)

Prostate 51 (15.6) 295 (15.4)
199 (15.2)

Colorectal 37 (11.3) 186 (9.7)
127 (9.7)

Respiratory 29 (8.8) 127 (6.7)
83 (6.3)

Gynaecological 16 (4.9) 83 (4.3)
43 (3.3)

Upper gastrointestinal 15 (4.6) 78 (4.1)
51 (3.9)

Skin 11 (3.4) 83 (4.8)
48 (3.7)

Oral 10 (3.1) 34 (1.8)
21 (1.6)

Other 27 (8.2) 171 (9)
120 (9.2)
Stage of diseaseb, n (%)

.20
.01

0/I 66 (22.1) 415 (21.7)
303 (23.1)

II 90 (27.4) 569 (29.8)
412 (31.4)

III 57 (17.4) 366 (19.2)
248 (18.9)

IV 80 (24.4) 357 (18.7)
209 (15.9)
Missing 35 (10.7) 204 (10.7)
140 (10.7)
Treatment received, n (%)





Chemotherapy 105 (32) 561 (29.4) .33 269 (20.5) <.001

Radiotherapy 66 (20.1) 897 (46.9) <.001 430 (32.8) <.001
Treatment status, n (%)

<.001
>.99

Active treatmentc 139 (42.46) 1157 (60.5)
558 (42.5)

Follow-up care 189 (57.6) 754 (39.5)
754 (57.5)
Socioeconomic status (IRSD)d, n (%)

<.001
<.001

1 54 (16.45) 609 (31.9)
403 (30.7)

2 98 (29.9) 490 (25.6)
340 (25.9)

3 52 (15.9) 275 (14.4)
207 (15.8)

4 35 (10.7) 197 (10.3)
124 (9.5)

5 90 (27.1) 340 (17.8)
238 (18.1)
Relationship statusb,e, n (%)

f

Single 71 (23.1)


Partnered 236 (76.9)

Education statusb,e, n (%)



High school or less 122 (39.7)


Post-secondary education 185 (60.3)

Employmentc,e, n (%)




Employed 129 (42)


Retired 155 (50.5)


Other 23 (7.5)

Hospital site, n (%)


<.001

1 146 (44.5) 628 (32.9)
447 (34.1)

2 58 (17.7) 286 (15)
229 (17.5)

3 88 (26.8) 867 (45.4)
550 (41.9)

4 36 (11) 130 (6.8)
86 (6.6)
Waiting timeg, mean (range) 726.5 (1-5855) 662.2 (0-7458) .22 785.1 (0-7458) .31

aPROMPT-Care: Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Personalized Treatment and Care.

bSome level of missing data.

cChemotherapy, radiotherapy, or both.

dIRSD: Index of relative socioeconomic disadvantage. 1=most disadvantaged; 5=least disadvantaged.

eData extracted from the patient survey and are hence not available for the control group.

fNot available.

gDiagnosis date to PROMPT-Care start.