Table 1 Characteristics of patients and family caregivers. Distribution of relevant patient characteristics. Significant differences are shown in bold
Variable | Code | Patients N = 172 | Family caregivers N = 142 | Chi-square (p-value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 75 | 43.6% | 66 | 46.5% | 0.446 |
Female | 97 | 56.4% | 74 | 52.1% | ||
Unknown | 0 | 0% | 2 | 1.4% | ||
Age (mean) | 51.4 years [min 20 / max 84] | 53.5 years [min 19 / max 82] | – | |||
Age categories (years) | ≤35 | 31 | 18.0% | 14 | 9.9% | 0.107 |
36–50 | 45 | 26.2% | 39 | 27.5% | ||
51–65 | 68 | 39.5% | 61 | 43.0% | ||
> 65 | 28 | 16.3% | 25 | 17.6% | ||
Unknown | 0 | 0% | 3 | 2.1% | ||
Marital status | Single | 41 | 23.8% | 2 | 1.4% | < 0.001 |
Living in a partnership | 129 | 75.0% | 104 | 73.2% | ||
Unknown | 2 | 1.2% | 36 | 25.4% | ||
Relationship | Partner | 108 | 76.1% | |||
Child | 11 | 7.7% | ||||
Parent | 18 | 12.7% | ||||
Close relative | 5 | 3.5% | ||||
Education level | Low education level | 0.820 | ||||
No educational qualification | 2 | 1.2% | 2 | 1.4% | ||
Basic school qualification | 23 | 13.4% | 22 | 15.5% | ||
Medium education level | ||||||
Secondary school certificate | 21 | 12.2% | 20 | 4.1% | ||
Completed apprenticeship | 68 | 39.5% | 46 | 32.4% | ||
High education level | ||||||
High school graduation | 15 | 8.7% | 6 | 4.2% | ||
Master craftsman’s diploma | 12 | 7.0% | 13 | 9.2% | ||
University degree | 28 | 16.3% | 30 | 21.1% | ||
Unknown | 3 | 1.7% | 3 | 2.1% | ||
Work situation | Full time | 40 | 23.3% | 60 | 42.3% | < 0.001 |
Part time | 23 | 13.4% | 26 | 18.3% | ||
Sick leave | 15 | 8.7% | 1 | 0.7% | ||
Retired | 75 | 43.6% | 41 | 28.9% | ||
Other | 19 | 11.1% | 14 | 9.8% | ||
Diagnosis | Glioblastoma | 34 | 19.8% | – | – | – |
Astrocytoma | 48 | 27.9% | ||||
Oligoastrocytoma | 31 | 18.0% | ||||
/Oligodendroglioma | ||||||
Meningioma | 19 | 11.0% | ||||
Other | 40 | 23.% | ||||
Tumour grading | WHO I/II (“low grade”) | 66 | 38.4% | – | – | – |
WHO III (“intermediate”) | 52 | 30.2% | ||||
WHO IV (“high grade”) | 54 | 31.4% | ||||