Table 1.
Background Characteristics Participants
| Total (n = 41a) |
|
|---|---|
| M (SD) | |
| Age (years) | 57.18 (12.20) |
| Range 31–84 | |
| n (%) | |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 27 (66) |
| Single (including divorced, widowed) | 14 (34 |
| Highest Educationb | |
| Low | — |
| Intermediate-1 | 9 (22) |
| Intermediate-2 | 18 (44) |
| High | 14 (34) |
| Occupation | |
| Paid job | 10 (24) |
| Disabled/sick leave | 14 (34) |
| Housewife | 4 (10) |
| Retired | 13 (32) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Dutch | 35 (86) |
| Western immigrantsc | 5 (12) |
| Non-Western immigrant | 1 (2) |
| Treatments currently receivingd | |
| Chemotherapy | 18 (44) |
| Radiotherapy | 2 (5) |
| Hormone therapy | 16 (39) |
| Immunotherapy | 9 (22) |
| Operation | — |
| Targeted therapy | 4 (9) |
| Symptom-oriented treatment | 10 (24) |
| Tumor-oriented treatment possible, but refrained from | — |
| Tumor-oriented treatment impossible | 1 (2) |
This table is reused.23
a
Out of the 45 participating women, 41 completed all questionnaires, data of the remaining 4 could not be retrieved.
b
Low = primary education or less (<12 years of age); intermediate-1 = lower secondary (>12 years of age); intermediate-2 = upper secondary (>12 years of age); high = tertiary (university/college) (>18 years of age).
c
Someone is considered a Western immigrant when he/she or at least one of the parents was born in Europe (excluding Turkey), North America, Oceania, Indonesia, or Japan. All immigrants from different backgrounds are considered non-Western immigrants.
d
Participants can receive several treatments, so this does not add up to 100%.
M, mean; SD, standard deviation.