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

Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of patients who viewed their individual patient-reported outcome (PRO) results and those who did not.


Those who viewed their PRO results (N=115) Those who did not view their PRO results (N=35) P valuea
Sociodemographic characteristics

Age at time of questionnaire (years), mean (SD) 60.1 (13.6) 61.4 (14.0) .64

Sex, n (%) .93


Male 83 (72.2) 25 (71.4)


Female 32 (27.8) 10 (28.6)

Educational levelb, n (%) .16


Low 4 (3.5) 1 (2.9)


Medium 51 (44.3) 22 (62.9)


High 60 (52.2) 12 (34.3)

Partner (yes), n (%) 14 (12.2) 8 (22.9) .12
Clinical characteristics

Months since diagnosis, mean (SD) 13.6 (3.3) 15.0 (3.3) .03

Cancer type, n (%) .21


Hodgkin lymphoma 10 (8.7) 7 (20)


NHL-HGc 67 (58.3) 16 (45.7)


NHL-LGd 30 (26.1) 8 (22.9)


CLLe 8 (6.9) 4 (11.4)

Treatment, n (%) .63


Active treatment received 91 (79.1) 29 (82.9)


Active surveillance 24 (20.9) 6 (17.1)

Number of self-reported comorbidities, mean (SD) 1.1 (1.1) 1.1 (1.2) .94
Psychological characteristics

Personality, mean (SD)


Openness 3.5 (0.6) 3.4 (0.6) .43


Conscientiousness 3.8 (0.4) 3.6 (0.5) .01


Extraversion 3.6 (0.6) 3.5 (0.5) .66


Agreeableness 3.8 (0.4) 3.7 (0.4) .14


Neuroticism 2.4 (0.6) 2.4 (0.6) .78

Coping strategies, mean (SD)


Fighting spirit 3.0 (0.4) 3.0 (0.4) .47


Anxious preoccupation 2.3 (0.4) 2.2 (0.4) .07


Helplessness or hopelessness 1.6 (0.4) 1.6 (0.5) .87


Fatalism 2.1 (0.4) 2.2 (0.3) .02


Avoidance 1.7 (0.7) 1.6 (0.6) .47

Psychological distress (yes), n (%) 101 (87.8) 32 (91.4) .56

Self-monitoring and insight, mean (SD) 3.1 (0.4) 2.9 (0.4) .01

Satisfaction with information provision, mean (SD) 3.9 (0.8) 3.9 (0.7) .76

aP reports comparisons according to analysis of variance and chi-square tests.

bEducational levels were defined as follows: low=none or primary school; medium=lower general secondary education or vocational training; or high=preuniversity education or high-level vocational training or university.

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

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

eCLL: chronic lymphocytic leukemia.