Table 2 Medical characteristics of patients
From: Psychological distress in cancer patients assessed with an expert rating scale
Male | Female | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Tumour site | ||||||
Breast | 8 | 0.4 | 2174 | 52 | 2182 | 34 |
ENT carcinomas | 189 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 248 | 4 |
Haematological neoplasias | 420 | 19 | 324 | 8 | 745 | 12 |
Upper gastrointestinal tract | 289 | 13 | 250 | 6 | 540 | 9 |
Lower gastrointestinal tract | 283 | 13 | 255 | 6 | 541 | 9 |
Gynaecological carcinomas | 0 | 0 | 515 | 12 | 515 | 8 |
Respiratory tract | 279 | 13 | 171 | 4 | 457 | 7 |
Male genito-urinary tumours | 303 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 5 |
Urinary tract | 91 | 4 | 69 | 2 | 160 | 3 |
Sarcomas | 87 | 4 | 86 | 2 | 174 | 3 |
Skin cancer | 41 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 87 | 1 |
CUP; rare diagnoses; others | 187 | 9 | 213 | 5 | 404 | 6 |
Metastases | 1087 | 50 | 1629 | 39 | 2716 | 43 |
State of disease a | ||||||
First occurrence | 769 | 54 | 2198 | 66 | 2967 | 63 |
Recurrence | 317 | 22 | 674 | 20 | 991 | 21 |
Second tumour | 46 | 3 | 164 | 5 | 210 | 4 |
Remission | 211 | 15 | 160 | 5 | 371 | 8 |
Unknown | 90 | 6 | 111 | 3 | 201 | 4 |
Duration of illness, mean (s.d.) a | ||||||
Months | 22.2 (42.5) | 22.0 (49.6) | 22.1 (47.7) | |||
Range | 1 month–38 years | 1 month–41 years | 1 month–41 years | |||
Categories | ||||||
<1 month | 245 | 20 | 1224 | 40 | 1469 | 34 |
2–12 months | 570 | 46 | 963 | 31 | 1533 | 36 |
1–5 years | 300 | 24 | 538 | 18 | 838 | 19 |
>5 years | 132 | 11 | 337 | 11 | 469 | 11 |
Treatment during the last 2 months a | ||||||
Surgery | 190 | 14 | 1234 | 38 | 1424 | 30 |
Chemotherapy | 443 | 32 | 631 | 19 | 1074 | 23 |
Radiotherapy | 62 | 4 | 83 | 3 | 145 | 3 |
Surgery+chemotherapy | 37 | 3 | 139 | 4 | 176 | 4 |
Surgery+radiotherapy | 52 | 4 | 155 | 5 | 207 | 4 |
Chemotherapy+radiotherapy | 129 | 9 | 217 | 7 | 346 | 7 |
Surgery+chemotherapy+radiotherapy | 27 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 76 | 2 |
Hormone therapy | 6 | 0.4 | 119 | 4 | 125 | 3 |
Other therapies | 93 | 7 | 143 | 4 | 236 | 5 |
No therapy | 367 | 26 | 499 | 15 | 866 | 19 |
Contact initiative a | ||||||
Patient | 276 | 19 | 883 | 27 | 1159 | 24 |
Medical staff | 364 | 25 | 892 | 27 | 1256 | 27 |
Routine | 793 | 55 | 1534 | 46 | 2327 | 49 |
Treatment setting | ||||||
University hospital | 840 | 39 | 1434 | 34 | 2274 | 36 |
General hospital | 466 | 21 | 1595 | 38 | 2061 | 32 |
Rehabilitation clinic | 118 | 5 | 233 | 6 | 351 | 6 |
Outpatient clinic | 9 | 0.4 | 48 | 1 | 57 | 1 |
Outpatient palliative care | 136 | 6 | 161 | 4 | 300 | 5 |
Palliative care ward | 545 | 25 | 595 | 14 | 1150 | 18 |
Hospice | 63 | 3 | 96 | 2 | 163 | 3 |
