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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the Participants (N =300)

From: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the fatigue scale-adolescent

 

n (%)

  
 

Childhood cancer survivors (n = 200)

Cancer children (n = 50)

Healthy Children (n = 50)

x 2

p

Age (years)

   

6.8

0.9 ns

 13

20 (10.0)

6 (12.0)

8 (16.0)

  

 14

28 (14.0)

7 (14.0)

7 (14.0)

  

 15

37 (18.5)

11 (22.0)

10 (20.0)

  

 16

33 (16.5)

7 (14.0)

8 (16.0)

  

 17

39 (19.5)

10 (20.0)

6 (12.0)

  

 18

43 (21.5)

9 (18.0)

11 (22.0)

  

Sex

   

0.3

0.9 ns

 Male

108 (54.0)

28 (56.0)

26 (52.0)

  

 Female

92 (46.0)

22 (44.0)

24 (48.0)

  

Parents’ Educational Attainment

   

1.0

1.0 ns

 Primary school or below

32 (16.0)

6 (12.0)

7 (14.0)

  

 Lower secondary school

63 (31.5)

15 (30.0)

14 (28.0)

  

 Upper secondary school

71 (35.5)

19 (38.0)

20 (40.0)

  

 Tertiary education

34 (17.0)

10 (20.0)

9 (18.0)

  

Diagnosis

   

6.5

0.3 ns

 Leukemia

91 (45.5)

19 (38.0)

-

  

 Lymphoma

57 (28.5)

12 (24.0)

-

  

 Brain tumor

33 (16.5)

8 (16.0)

-

  

 Osteosarcoma

9 (4.5)

4 (8.0)

-

  

 Kidney tumor

4 (2.0)

3 (6.0)

-

  

 Germ-cell tumor

6 (3.0)

4 (8.0)

-

  

Treatment received

   

3.6

1.0ns

 Surgery

23 (11.5)

5 (10.0)

-

  

 Chemotherapy

90 (45.0)

22 (44.0)

-

  

 Bone Marrow Transplant

22 (11.0)

5 (10.0)

-

  

 Mixed method:

     

  Chemotherapy and radiotherapy

12 (6.0)

3 (6.0)

-

  

  Surgery and chemotherapy

19 (9.5)

5 (10.0)

-

  

  Chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation

23 (11.5)

7 (14.0)

-

  

  Radiotherapy and surgery

11 (5.5)

3 (6.0)

-

  

Time since treatment completed

     

 6 - 12 months

39 (19.5)

-

-

  

 13 – 24 months

37 (18.5)

-

-

  

 25 – 36 months

33 (16.5)

-

-

  

 37 – 48 months

31 (15.5)

-

-

  

 48 – 60 months

33 (16.5)

-

-

  

 >60 months

27 (13.5)

-

-

  
  1. ns Not significant at P >0.05