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. 2021 Dec 14;23(12):e27886. doi: 10.2196/27886

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants according to randomized controlled trial (RCT) arm and of nonparticipants.


CAUa (n=77) Return of PROb results (n=74) Return of PRO results + living with lymphoma (n=76) P valuec Total RCT participants (n=227) Nonparticipants (n=666) P valued
Sociodemographic characteristics

Age at time of questionnaire (years), mean (SD) 61.3 (12.9) 60.0 (13.4) 60.8 (14.0) .83 60.7 (13.4) 65.3 (15.7) <.001

Sex, n (%) .73

<.001


Male 53 (68.8) 55 (74.3) 53 (69.7)
161 (70.9) 377 (56.6)


Female 24 (31.2) 19 (25.7) 23 (30.3)
66 (29.1) 289 (43.4)

Educational levele, n (%) .71

g


Low 1 (1.3) 2 (2.7) 3 (3.9)
6 (2.6) N/Af


Medium 33 (42.9) 38 (51.4) 35 (46.1)
106 (46.7) N/A


High 42 (54.5) 34 (45.9) 38 (50)
114 (50.2) N/A

Partner (yes), n (%) 62 (80.5) 65 (87.8) 63 (82.9) .46 190 (83.7) N/A
Clinical characteristics

Months since diagnosis: mean (SD) 14.0 (3.1) 14.0 (3.6) 13.9 (3.0) .94 14.0 (3.2) 14.0 (3.5) .80

Cancer type, n (%)


Hodgkin lymphoma 10 (12.9) 8 (10.8) 9 (11.8) .99 27 (11.9) 75 (11.3) .95


NHL-HGh 41 (53.2) 41 (55.4) 42 (55.3)
125 (55.1) 359 (53.9)


NHL-LGi 18 (23.4) 19 (25.7) 19 (25)
56 (24.7) 169 (25.4)


CLLj 8 (10.4) 6 (8.1) 6 (7.9)
19 (8.4) 63 (9.5)

Primary treatment, n (%) .10

.13


Active surveillance 23 (29.9) 18 (24.3) 12 (15.8)
53 (23.3) 199 (28.5)


Received active treatment 52 (67.5) 56 (75.7) 64 (84.2)
172 (75.8) 458 (68.8)


Chemotherapy 37 (48.1) 46 (62.2) 54 (71.1)
137 (60.4) 357 (54)


Radiotherapy 5 (6.5) 4 (5.4) 3 (3.9)
12 (5.3) 60 (8.1)


Stem cell transplantation 8 (10.4) 3 (4.1) 3 (3.9)
14 (6.2) 4 (0.6)


Other 2 (2.6) 3 (4.1) 4 (5.3)
9 (3.9) 37 (5.6)

Ann Arbor stage .81

.30


Stage I, n (%) 6 (7.8) 8 (10.8) 15 (19.7)
29 (12.8) 112 (16.8)


Stage II, n (%) 8 (10.4) 13 (17.6) 15 (19.7)
36 (15.8) 95 (14.3)


Stage III, n (%) 11 (14.3) 9 (12.2) 10 (13.2)
30 (13.2) 97 (14.6)


Stage IV, n (%) 30 (38.9) 30 (40.5) 26 (34.2)
86 (37.9) 194 (29.1)


Not determined (CLL) or missing, n (%) 22 (28.6) 14 (18.9) 10 (13.2)
46 (20.3) 168 (25.2)


Number of self-reported comorbidities: mean (SD) 1.3 (1.2) 1.2 (1.1) 1.0 (1.0) .22 1.1 (1.1) N/A
Psychological characteristics, n (%)

Psychological distress 17 (22.1) 9 (12.2) 8 (10.5) .09 34 (14.9) N/A

aCAU: care as usual.

bPRO: patient-reported outcome.

cReports comparisons between the intervention arms and the care as usual arm.

dReports comparisons between randomized controlled trial participants and nonparticipants.

eEducation levels were low=none or primary school; medium=lower general secondary education or vocational training; or high=preuniversity education or high-level vocational training or university.

fN/A: not applicable.

gNot available.

hNHL-HG: high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

iNHL-LG: low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

jCLL: chronic lymphocytic leukemia.