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. 2021 May 21;13(11):2537. doi: 10.3390/cancers13112537

Table 2.

Area of residence, activity status, reported physical symptoms and depression at baseline.

Neighbourhood (LSOA) of Residence
Characteristics Higher Deprivation Intermediate Deprivation Lower Deprivation p-Value
Q1/Q2 Q3 Q4/Q5
% (n/N) % (n/N) % (n/N) p
ECOG score
0/1 45.1 (128/284) 19.7 (56/284) 35.2 (100/284) 0.04
2 47.5 (76/160) 23.8 (38/160) 28.8 (46/160)
3–4 53.6 (81/151) 11.9 (18/151) 34.4 (52/151)
Depression
PHQ score < 10 44.6 (183/410) 19.3 (79/410) 36.1 (148/410) 0.04
PHQ score ≥ 10 55.1 (102/185) 17.8 (33/185) 27.0 (50/185)
Reported physical symptom
Pain
No 43.3 (91/210) 16.2 (34/210) 40.5 (85/210) 0.02
Yes 50.4 (194/385) 20.3 (78/385) 29.4 (113/385)
Breathlessness
No 46.2 (128/277) 18.1 (50/277) 35.7 (99/277) 0.49
Yes 49.4 (157/318) 19.5 (62/318) 31.1 (99/318)
Nausea
No 50.0 (220/440) 17.7 (78/440) 32.3 (142/440) 0.21
Yes 41.9 (65/155) 21.9 (34/155) 36.1 (56/155)
Fatigue
No 48.8 (61/125) 17.6 (22/125) 33.6 (42/125) 0.92
Yes 47.7 (224/470) 19.1 (90/470) 33.2 (156/470)
Constipation
No 45.4 (192/243) 17.7 (75/423) 36.9 (156/423) 0.01
Yes 54.1 (93/172) 21.5 (37/172) 24.4 (42/172)
Insomnia
No 48.8 (163/334) 20.1 (67/334) 31.1 (104/334) 0.41
Yes 46.7 (122/261) 17.2 (45/261) 36.0 (94/261)
No of reported physical symptoms
0–3 46.3 (174/376) 17.6 (66/376) 36.2 (136/376) 0.14
4–6 50.7 (111/219) 21.0 (46/219) 28.3 (62/219)
Global symptom severity rating (mean) (95% CI) 5.0 (4.7–5.3) 4.9 (4.5–5.3) 4.5 (4.3–4.7) 0.04