Table 1.
Patient characteristics at baseline
| Characteristics | Study population (n = 50) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Female | 42 | 84.0% |
| Male | 8 | 16.0% | |
| Age | Mean (SD) | 54.3 | (13.7) |
| ≤ 45 years | 14 | 28.0% | |
| ≤ 55 years | 17 | 34.0% | |
| ≤ 65 years | 7 | 14.0% | |
| ≤ 75 years | 8 | 16.0% | |
| > 75 years | 4 | 8.0% | |
| Body mass index | < 25 | 21 | 42.0% |
| 25– < 30 | 19 | 38.0% | |
| ≥ 30 | 10 | 20.0% | |
| School degree | University-entrance diplomaa | 22 | 44.0% |
| High school degreeb | 12 | 24.0% | |
| Secondary school degreec | 14 | 28.0% | |
| Missing | 2 | 4.0% | |
| Cancer type | Breast cancer | 33 | 66.0% |
| Skin cancer | 9 | 18.0% | |
| Uveal cancer | 2 | 4.0% | |
| Otherd | 6 | 12.0% | |
| Treatment | Chemotherapy | 31 | 62.0% |
| Radiotherapy | 18 | 36.0% | |
| Endocrine therapy | 8 | 16.0% | |
| Immune therapy | 15 | 30.0% | |
| Ongoing | 46 | 92.0% | |
| Completed | 4 | 8.0% | |
| Metastases | No | 30 | 60.0% |
| Yes | 20 | 40.0% | |
| Time since diagnosis | 12 + months | 18 | 36.0% |
| < 12 months | 13 | 26.0% | |
| < 6 months | 14 | 28.0% | |
| Missing | 5 | 10.0% | |
| Physical fatiguee | Median (Q1, Q3) | 53 | (27, 80) |
| Emotional fatiguee | Median (Q1, Q3) | 33 | (11, 44) |
| Cognitive fatiguee | Median (Q1, Q3) | 17 | (0, 33) |
aGerman “(Fach-)Abitur”
bGerman “Mittlere Reife”
cGerman “Hauptschulabschluss”
dOther: each n = 1 of lymphoma, gastric, pancreatic, lung, neuroendocrine, and endometrial cancer
eAssessed with the multidimensional EORTC QLQ-FA12 questionnaires; 0–100 scale