Unique perception of clinical trials by Korean cancer patients

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Participant characteristics at baseline

Variables		Frequency (N=675)	%
Age	Median(years)	60 ± 10
Sex	Male	438	64.9
Sex	Female	237	35.1
Travel time (to Hospital from home)	<2 hours	363	53.8
Travel time (to Hospital from home)	≥2 hours	312	46.2
Place of residence	Seoul/Gyeonggido	325	48.1
	Chungcheongdo	125	18.5
	Gyeongsangdo	146	21.6
	Jeollado	48	7.1
	Gangwondo	21	3.1
	Jejudo	10	1.5
Education level	≤Middle school	154	22.8
	High school graduate	317	47.0
	≥College graduate	204	30.2
Marital status	Married	613	90.8
	Single	17	2.5
	Widowed/Divorced	45	6.7
Economic status (Income/month)	≥5.000.000 won*	89	13.2
	2.000.000~5.000.000won	308	45.6
	≤2.000.000 won	278	41.2
Religion	Christian	175	25.9
	Catholic	69	10.2
	Buddhist	196	29.0
	No religion	231	34.2
	Other	4	0.6
Cancer type	Gastric	191	28.3
	Colorectal	341	50.5
	Esophagus	25	3.7
	Small intestinal	10	1.5
	Hepatobiliary	57	8.4
	Pancreatic	51	7.6
Disease status	Neoadjuvant or adjuvant	250	37.0
	Palliative ≤ first-line	257	38.1
	Palliative ≥ second-line	168	24.9
Prior history of clinical trial enrollment	Yes	127	18.8
Prior history of clinical trial enrollment	No	548	81.2

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