Table 1.
Demography and clinical characteristics of included patients (n = 124). Data were collected from medical records and the questionnaires distributed before start of treatment
| Attended the group consultation (n = 37) | Did not attend the group consultation (n = 72) | Drop-outs (n = 15) | Missing data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (range) | 68 (41–85) | 67 (35–87) | 68 (51–82) | 0 |
| Male; female | 20; 17 | 38; 34 | 8; 7 | 0 |
| Distance (km) to hospital (mean, min–max) | 9.9 (5.0–38.3) | 34.7 (1.2–412.2) | 40.7 (1.2–220.7 | 0 |
| Smoker | 2 (5) | 2 (3) | NA | 1 |
| Comorbidity* | 28 (76) | 43 (60) | NA | 0 |
| Depression | 7 (19) | 14 (19) | NA | 1 |
| Tertiary or university education | 16 (46) | 24 (34) | NA | 3 |
| Employed | 11 (30) | 23 (32) | NA | 0 |
| Diagnosis | 0 | |||
| Colon cancer | 19 (51) | 37 (51) | 1 (7) | |
| Rectal cancer | 17 (46) | 35 (49) | 14 (93) | |
| Other | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | |
| Preoperative staging** | ||||
| T1-2 | 11 (33) | 15 (24) | 3 (20) | 14 |
| T3 | 18 (55) | 24 (39) | 6 (40) | 14 |
| T4 | 4 (12) | 23 (37) | 6 (40) | 14 |
| N0 | 25 (69) | 43 (65) | 8 (53) | 7 |
| N1-N2 | 11 (31) | 23 (35) | 7 (47) | 7 |
| M0 | 29 (78) | 56 (80) | 13 (87) | 2 |
| MX or M1 | 8 (22) | 14 (20) | 2 (13) | 2 |
| Preoperative radiotherapy | 9 (24) | 26 (36) | 10 (67) | 0 |
| Preoperative chemotherapy | 1 (3) | 12 (17) | 4 (27) | 0 |
| Surgical procedure | 0 | |||
| Hemicolectomy | 8 | 19 | 1 | |
| Colectomy | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Resection of sigmoid colon | 9 | 10 | 1 | |
| Anterior resection | 10 | 17 | 3 | |
| Hartman’s procedure | 2 | 6 | 3 | |
| Abdominal perineal resection | 5 | 15 | 5 | |
| Other | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Postoperative chemotherapy | 12 (41) | 32 (46) | 3 (25) | 13 |
*Such as acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary disease and stroke. NA, not applicable due to questionnaire based data. **According to medical records and X-ray reports