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. 2022 Oct 26;14(21):5243. doi: 10.3390/cancers14215243

Table 2.

Sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics of the included AYA survivors.

Population Characteristics Total Included AYA Survivors 1 AYA Survivors
with a Negative
Body Image
AYA Survivors
without a Negative
Body Image
Missing
n = 3735 n = 541 n = 3194
n % n % n % n
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age at questionnaire—Mean (SD) 44.5 (7.5) 44.2 (7.3) 44.6 (7.5)
Gender Male 1456 39.0 94 6.5 1362 93.5
Female 2279 61.0 447 19.6 1832 80.4
Partner (yes) 3107 83.4 395 12.7 2710 87.3 13
Level of education Low 24 0.6 6 25.0 18 75.0 8
Intermediate 1601 42.9 277 17.3 1322 82.7
High 2106 56.4 257 12.2 1847 87.8
Clinical characteristics
Type of Cancer Melanoma 258 6.9 18 7.0 240 93.0
Head and neck 115 3.1 12 10.4 103 89.6
Colon and rectal 76 2.0 8 10.5 68 89.5
Digestive tract other 2 30 0.8 6 20.0 24 80.0
Breast 885 23.7 191 21.6 694 78.4
Female genitalia 407 10.9 92 22.6 315 77.4
Thyroid gland 228 6.1 26 11.4 202 88.6
Central nervous system 142 3.8 22 15.5 120 84.5
Bone and soft tissue sarcoma 165 4.4 20 12.1 145 87.9
Germ cell tumor 653 17.5 38 5.8 615 94.2
Lymphoid hematological malignancies 555 14.9 76 13.7 479 86.3
Myeloid hematological malignancies 140 3.7 21 15.0 119 85.0
Other 3 81 2.2 11 13.6 70 86.4
Treatments 4 Surgery organ (yes) 2483 66.6 368 14.8 2115 85.2 4
Surgery local (yes) 537 14.4 69 12.8 468 87.2 4
Chemotherapy (yes) 2104 56.4 342 16.3 1762 83.7 4
Radiotherapy (yes) 5 1779 47.7 299 16.8 1480 83.2 4
Hormone therapy (yes) 455 12.2 113 24.8 342 75.2 4
Targeted therapy (yes) 289 7.7 53 18.3 236 81.7 4
Stem cell transplantation (yes) 135 3.6 15 11.1 120 88.9 4
Tumor stage I 1595 42.7 190 11.9 1405 88.1
II 991 26.5 174 17.6 817 82.4
III 535 14.3 87 16.3 448 83.7
IV 171 4.6 28 16.4 143 83.6
Unknown 443 11.9 62 14.0 381 86.0
Age at diagnosis—Mean (SD) 31.6 (5.9) 31.9 (5.8) 31.5 (5.9)
Time since diagnosis—Mean (SD) 12.4 (4.5) 11.8 (4.5) 12.6 (4.5)
<10 years 1274 34.1 223 17.5 1051 82.5
10–15 years 1307 35.0 171 13.1 1136 86.9
>15 years 1154 30.9 147 12.7 1007 87.3
Physical activity Time in hours/week—Mean (SD) 27.9 (25.2) 30.1 (26.3) 27.5 (24.8) 20
In MET hours/week—Mean (SD) 108.6 (92.3) 114.1 (96.5) 107.6 (91.4)
BMI—Mean (SD) 25.2 (4.4) 26.9 (5.9) 24.9 (4.0) 24
Underweight 58 1.6 11 19.0 47 81.0
Normal weight 2004 53.9 224 11.2 1777 88.8
Overweight 1218 32.8 167 13.7 1050 86.3
Obesity 435 11.7 136 31.3 299 68.7
Psychosocial characteristics
Coping style Adaptive—Mean (SD) 29.3 (7.4) 30.0 (7.1) 29.1 (7.5) 45
Maladaptive—Mean (SD) 13.7 (3.8) 15.7 (4.6) 12.8 (3.5) 31
HRQoL Physical functioning—Mean (SD) 91.5 (14.0) 80.5 (18.8) 93.3 (12.1) 2
Role functioning—Mean (SD) 83.2 (25.4) 59.7 (32.1) 87.2 (21.7) 6
Emotional functioning—Mean (SD) 79.5 (20.6) 57.9 (24.1) 83.1 (17.5) 2
Cognitive functioning—Mean (SD) 77.9 (24.4) 57.7 (28.5) 81.3 (21.9) 5
Social functioning—Mean (SD) 87.9 (22.0) 66.3 (31.1) 91.6 (17.7) 13
Global health status—Mean (SD) 75.2 (17.5) 59.2 (19.8) 77.9 (15.6) 14
Sexual attractiveness (yes) 2704 72.7 497 18.4 2203 81.6 18

1 Included AYA survivors completed at least half of the ten items on body image. 2 Digestive tract and other includes the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. 3 Other includes respiratory, male genitalia (penis, prostate), urinary tract, tumor with other localizations, endocrine glands, eye, neuroblastoma, paraganglioma. 4 The treatments were received at primary diagnosis. 5 Radiotherapy includes radiotherapy for primary tumor and metastases at primary diagnosis. n = number of AYA survivors, Mean (SD) = mean and standard deviation.