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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for sociodemographic and clinical variables of the 21 eligible patients with ovarian cancer at the time of study inclusion before the initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy

From: Monitoring physical and psychosocial symptom trajectories in ovarian cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

   

n

%

Age [in years]

mean (SD)

range

52.8 (13.1)

27-74

  

Education

compulsory school or less

15

71%

 

apprenticeship/professional

2

10%

 

school

  
 

A-level/university

4

19%

Marital status

single

1

5%

 

married/with partner

16

75%

 

divorced/separated

2

10%

 

widowed

2

10%

Employment status

full employment

4

19%

 

part-time employment

6

29%

 

homemaker

6

29%

 

retired/pension

4

19%

 

other

1

5%

Menopausal status

pre-menopausal

9

43%

 

post-menopausal

12

57%

FIGO stage

I-II

6

27%

 

III-IV

15

73%

Histological

subtype

mucinoid carcinoma

3

14%

 

serous carcinoma

16

76%

 

endometrioid carcinoma

1

5%

 

other

2

10%

Residual disease

none

7

33%

 

yes

12

57%

 

missing

2

10%

Chemotherapy

regimen

carboplatin/paclitaxel

20

95%

 

cisplatin/etoposide

1

5%

Chemotherapy

cycles

6

17

81%

 

7

1

5%

 

9

3

14%