Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population
Characteristics | Number of patients (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Center | Teaching hospital | 382 (55.3) |
Local hospital | 309 (44.7) | |
Sex | Male | 356 (51.5) |
Female | 335 (48.5) | |
Age | Median [min; max] | 65 [29;88] |
30-55 | 152 (22) | |
56-65 | 186 (26.9) | |
66-75 | 255 (36.9) | |
76-88 | 98 (14.2) | |
Marital status | Single or separated | 136 (19.9) |
Living with partner, or family | 548 (80.1) | |
Education level | Primary | 317 (47.1) |
Secondary | 167 (24.8) | |
High school diploma or higher | 189 (28.1) | |
Employment status | Employed | 175 (25.6) |
Retired or unemployed | 508 (74.4) | |
Monthly income in Euro | <MW | 70 (11.2) |
MW- 1499 | 218 (34.8) | |
1500 -2999 | 247 (39.4) | |
≥ 3000 | 92 (14.7) | |
Localization treated | Prostate RT | 128 (18.5) |
Surgery + RT | 82 (11.9) | |
Head and neck Surgery + RT | 22 (3.2) | |
RT+/-CT | 71 (10.3) | |
Breast Surgery + RT | 205 (29.7) | |
Surgery + CT + RT | 100 (14.5) | |
CT | 5 (0.7) | |
Rectum RT + CT + surgery | 23 (3.3) | |
Lung CT + RT | 55 (8) | |
Chemotherapy | Yes | 221 (32) |
Radiotherapy | Yes | 585 (84.7) |