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Table 1 Participant Characteristics (Total N = 45)

From: Monitoring neurocognitive functioning in childhood cancer survivors: evaluation of CogState computerized assessment and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)

 

Counts (%) or Means (SD, range)

Age at diagnosis (years)

7.1 (4.4, 0.2–14.1)

Age at evaluation (years)

14.0 (3.0, 8.6–20.8)

Time elapsed since diagnosis (years)

6.9 (3.5, 2.2–16.0)

Sex

 Male

32 (71.1)

 Female

13 (28.9)

Maternal education:a

 High school or less

12 (27.3)

 Training after high school/ some college

 College grad or post-grad training

11 (25.0)

21 (47.7)

Diagnosis:

 Leukemia

26 (57.8)

 Lymphoma

4 (8.9)

 Central nervous system neoplasm

9 (20.0)

 Otherb

6 (13.3)

Treatment:

 Intrathecal chemotherapy

27 (61.3)

 Cranial radiation, including total body

10 (22.2)

 Central nervous system surgery

8 (17.8)

 Stem cell transplant

5 (11.1)

  1. aCategory does not sum to 45 due to unanswered questions; bThese included rhabdomyosarcoma [2], retinoblastoma [1], germinoma [1], Langerhans cell histiocytosis [1], neuroblastoma [1]