Table 1.
Patient characteristics (n = 291).
| Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 72 (IQR 68-77) |
| 65-69 | 97 (33.3) |
| 70-74 | 82 (28.2) |
| 75-79 | 72 (24.7) |
| 80-84 | 31 (10.7) |
| ≥85 | 9 (3.1) |
| Male | 164 (56.4) |
| WHO performance score | |
| 0 | 81 (28.3) |
| 1 | 178 (62.2) |
| 2 | 22 (7.7) |
| 3 | 5 (1.7) |
| Unknown | 5 (1.7) |
| Social status | |
| With partner and fully independent | 151 (53.0) |
| Without partner and fully independent | 42 (14.4) |
| With partner and housekeeping aid | 47 (16.2) |
| Without partner, with housekeeping aid | 17 (5.8) |
| With partner and medical care at home | 16 (5.5) |
| Without partner, with medical care at home | 6 (2.1) |
| Necessarily living with other family | 5 (1.7) |
| Institutional health care | 1 (0.3) |
| Missing | 6 |
| Tumor type and treatment setting | |
| (Neo)adjuvant chemotherapy for solid malignancy | 72 (24.7) |
| Palliative chemotherapy for solid malignancy | 49 (16.8) |
| Indolent hematological malignancy | 115 (39.5) |
| Aggressive hematological malignancy | 55 (18.9) |