TABLE 1.
Descriptive characteristics of BCS (Seintinelles study, 2020).
| Overall (N = 1,268) | Acceptance of an electronic blister connected to an app | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (N = 845) | No (N = 423) | p-value | ||
| Total | 100% | 66.6% | 33.4% | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| Age (mean, SD) | 52.7 +-10.4 | 51.4 +- 10.3 | 55.3 +- 10.3 | <0.001 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 156 (12.3%) | 95 (11.2%) | 61 (14.4%) | 0.031 |
| Married | 937 (73.9%) | 646 (76.4%) | 291 (68.8%) | |
| Widow | 34 (2.7%) | 19 (2.3%) | 15 (3.6%) | |
| Divorced | 141 (11.1%) | 85 (10.1%) | 56 (13.2%) | |
| Children | ||||
| Yes | 1,021 (80.5%) | 686 (81.2%) | 335 (79.2%) | 0.443 |
| No | 247 (19.5%) | 159 (18.8%) | 88 (20.8%) | |
| Education | ||||
| High school degree | 205 (16.2%) | 128 (15.2%) | 77 (18.2%) | 0.144 |
| Bachelor or equivalent | 390 (30.8%) | 268 (31.7%) | 122 (28.8%) | |
| Master or equivalent | 554 (43.7%) | 371 (43.9%) | 183 (43.3%) | |
| Professional diploma | 94 (7.4%) | 66 (7.8%) | 28 (6.6%) | |
| Other | 25 (1.9%) | 12 (1.4%) | 13 (3.1%) | |
| Professional status | ||||
| Employed | 764 (60.3%) | 538 (63.7%) | 226 (53.4%) | <0.001 |
| Sick leave | 61 (4.8%) | 36 (4.3%) | 25 (5.9%) | |
| Job hunting | 49 (3.7%) | 31 (3.7%) | 18 (4.3%) | |
| Retired | 248 (19.6%) | 138 (16.3%) | 110 (26.0%) | |
| Self-employed | 78 (6.2%) | 51 (6.0%) | 27 (6.4%) | |
| Other | 68 (5.4%) | 51 (6.0%) | 17 (4.0%) | |
| Financial status | ||||
| At ease | 948 (74.8%) | 627 (74.2%) | 321 (75.9%) | 0.560 |
| Difficult | 320 (25.2%) | 218 (25.8%) | 102 (24.1%) | |
| Health status and experience with breast cancer | ||||
| General health status | ||||
| Very good | 164 (12.9%) | 108 (12.8%) | 56 (13.2%) | 0.379 |
| Good | 586 (46.2%) | 403 (47.7%) | 183 (43.3%) | |
| Ok | 462 (36.4%) | 295 (34.9%) | 167 (39.5%) | |
| Bad | 56 (4.5%) | 39 (4.6%) | 17 (4.0%) | |
| Medication for other disease | ||||
| Daily | 456 (35.9%) | 294 (34.8%) | 162 (38.3%) | <0.001 |
| Regularly | 39 (3.1%) | 15 (1.8%) | 24 (5.6%) | |
| In case of need | 104 (8.2%) | 69 (8.2%) | 35 (8.3%) | |
| No | 669 (52.8%) | 467 (55.2%) | 202 (47.8%) | |
| Year of diagnosis | ||||
| <2012 | 261 (20.6%) | 164 (19.4%) | 97 (22.9%) | 0.113 |
| 2013 | 119 (9.4%) | 76 (9.0%) | 43 (10.2%) | |
| 2014 | 144 (11.4%) | 93 (11.0%) | 51 (12.1%) | |
| 2015 | 153 (12.1%) | 95 (11.2%) | 58 (13.7%) | |
| 2016 | 154 (12.1%) | 101 (12.0%) | 53 (12.5%) | |
| 2017 | 169 (13.3%) | 121 (14.3%) | 48 (11.3%) | |
| >2018 | 268 (21.1%) | 195 (23.1%) | 73 (17.3%) | |
| Quality of life/BC impact on life (bc->BC) | ||||
| No effect at all | 163 (12.9%) | 97 (11.5%) | 66 (15.6%) | 0.027 |
| Does not affect much | 363 (28.6%) | 231 (27.3%) | 132 (31.2%) | |
| Some effect | 414 (32.6%) | 283 (33.5%) | 131 (30.9%) | |
| Does effect | 245 (19.3%) | 180 (21.3%) | 65 (15.4%) | |
| Does effect severely | 83 (6.6%) | 54 (6.4%) | 29 (6.9%) | |
| Control over BC | ||||
| No control | 194 (15.3%) | 115 (13.6%) | 79 (18.7%) | 0.027 |
| Not very much control | 302 (23.8%) | 217 (25.7%) | 85 (20.1%) | |
| Some control | 414 (32.6%) | 289 (34.2%) | 125 (29.5%) | |
| Control | 260 (20.5%) | 165 (19.5%) | 95 (22.5%) | |
| A lot of control | 98 (7.7%) | 59 (7.0%) | 39 (9.2%) | |
| Knowledge of BC | ||||
| No knowledge | 33 (2.6%) | 20 (2.4%) | 13 (3%) | 0.262 |
| No real knowledge | 65 (5.1%) | 42 (4.9%) | 23 (5%) | |
| Some knowledge | 270 (21.3%) | 190 (22.5%) | 80 (19%) | |
| Good knowledge | 412 (32.5%) | 283 (33.5%) | 129 (300%) | |
| Very good knowledge | 488 (38.5%) | 319 (36.7%) | 178 (42%) | |
| BC recurrence | ||||
| Yes | 149 (11.8%) | 102 (12.1%) | 47 (11.1%) | 0.683 |
| No | 1,119 (88.2%) | 743 (87.9%) | 376 (88.9%) | |
| Treatment adherence | ||||
| Taking an AET | ||||
| Yes | 882 (69.6%) | 604 (71.5%) | 278 (65.7%) | 0.042 |
| No | 386 (30.4%) | 241 (28.5%) | 145 (34.3%) | |
| Side-effects | ||||
| Yes | 1,160 (91.5%) | 776 (91.8%) | 384 (90.8%) | 0.598 |
| No | 108 (8.5%) | 69 (8.2%) | 39 (9.2%) | |
| AET interruptions | ||||
| Yes | 117 (9.2%) | 71 (8.4%) | 46 (10.9%) | 0.183 |
| No | 1,151 (90.8%) | 774 (91.6%) | 377 (89.1%) | |
| Patient-Physician communication | ||||
| GP implication in bc follow-up | ||||
| Yes, regularly | 383 (30.2%) | 261 (30.9%) | 122 (28.8%) | 0.197 |
| Yes, occasionally | 287 (22.6%) | 202 (23.9%) | 85 (20.1%) | |
| Yes, exceptionally | 239 (18.9%) | 149 (17.6%) | 90 (21.3%) | |
| No, never | 359 (28.3%) | 233 (27.6%) | 126 (29.8%) | |
| Bcs′ satisfaction on physicians information given regarding the: nature of the treatment | ||||
| Very unsatisfying | 87 (6.9%) | 51 (6.0%) | 36 (8.5%) | 0.067 |
| Unsatisfying | 196 (15.5%) | 132 (15.6%) | 64 (15.1%) | |
| Correct | 433 (34.1%) | 273 (32.3%) | 160 (37.8%) | |
| Satisfying | 353 (27.8%) | 250 (29.6%) | 103 (24.4%) | |
| Very satisfying | 199 (15.7%) | 139 (16.5%) | 60 (14.2%) | |
| Expected benefits of the treatment | ||||
| Very unsatisfying | 58 (4.6%) | 34 (4.0%) | 24 (5.7%) | 0.017 |
| Unsatisfying | 143 (11.3%) | 93 (11.0%) | 50 (11.8%) | |
| Correct | 405 (31.9%) | 249 (29.5%) | 156 (36.9%) | |
| Satisfying | 429 (33.8%) | 306 (36.2%) | 123 (29.1%) | |
| Very satisfying | 233 (18.4%) | 163 (19.3%) | 70 (16.5%) | |
| Treatment side-effects | ||||
| Very unsatisfying | 198 (15.6%) | 125 (14.8%) | 73 (17.3%) | 0.077 |
| Unsatisfying | 342 (27.0%) | 227 (26.9%) | 115 (27.2%) | |
| Correct | 364 (28.7%) | 231 (27.3%) | 133 (31.4%) | |
| Satisfying | 247 (19.5%) | 182 (21.5%) | 65 (15.4%) | |
| Very satisfying | 117 (9.2%) | 80 (9.5%) | 37 (8.7%) | |