Table 1 Sociodemographic, clinical and psychological characteristics of the sample
Variable | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Age (M = 57.3; SD = 12.6, range = 28–87) | ||
Gender | ||
Male | 62 | 21.0 |
Female | 233 | 79.0 |
Marital status (n, %) | ||
Single | 27 | 9.2 |
Married | 167 | 57.2 |
Partnered | 47 | 16.1 |
Divorced | 16 | 5.5 |
Widowed | 35 | 12.0 |
Educational status (n, %) | ||
Primary education | 16 | 5.4 |
Lower/preparatory vocational education | 69 | 3.4 |
General secondary education | 84 | 28.5 |
Higher general secondary education | 96 | 32.5 |
Post-graduate education | 23 | 7.8 |
Employment status (n, %) | ||
Unemployed | 14 | 4.8 |
Full-time employed | 94 | 32.0 |
Half-time employed | 49 | 16.7 |
Retired | 122 | 41.5 |
Cancer type | ||
Breast cancer | 148 | 51.0 |
Colon cancer | 18 | 6.2 |
Lymphoma | 19 | 6.6 |
Melanom | 9 | 3.1 |
Others | 93 | 32.1 |
Type of primary treatment | ||
Surgery (S) | 65 | 22.3 |
S + Chemotherapy (CT) | 45 | 15.5 |
S + Radiotherapy (RT) | 45 | 15.5 |
S + CT + RT | 102 | 35.1 |
Time since the end of primary treatment in years (M = 6.7; SD = 12.6; range = 0–33) | ||
Psychological distress | ||
Symptoms of anxiety (M = 6.09; SD = 3.8) | ||
Symptoms of depression (M = 6.23; SD = 3.6) | ||
Health-related quality of life | ||
EQ-5D-Index (M = 0.78; SD = 0.19) | ||