Anxiety and depression in working-age cancer survivors: a register-based study

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Demographic and medical characteristics of a population-based sample of cancer survivors (n = 3370)

	total^a		women		men		p ^b	d/V ^c
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	3370	100	2502	74.2	868	25.8
Mean age (SD)	50.1 (6.8)		50.0 (6.5)		50.6 (7.5)		.016	.085
Age, y
≤ 30	27	0.8	15	0.6	12	1.4	<.001	.109
31–40	276	8.2	194	7.8	82	9.4
41–50	1248	37.0	1001	40.0	247	28.5
51–60	1772	52.6	1258	50.3	514	59.2
> 60	47	1.4	34	1.4	13	1.3
Marital status
unmarried	474	14.1	324	13.0	150	17.3	<.001	.095
married	2291	68.3	1686	67.8	605	69.9
separated/divorced	492	14.6	390	15.7	102	11.7
widowed	96	2.9	87	3.5	9	1.0
Living with a partner^d	2556	76.5	1874	75.5	681	79.4	.050	-
Socioeconomic class
low	665	20.1	497	20.2	168	19.6	<.001	.162
middle	1822	54.9	1447	58.8	375	43.9
upper	829	25.0	517	21.0	312	36.5
Employment
Full time	1290	39.0	675	27.5	615	71.8	<.001	.448
Part time	1106	33.4	1053	42.9	53	6.2
Housewife	290	8.8	278	11.3	12	1.4
Not employed (unemployed, retired, other)	624	18.9	447	18.2	177	20.7
Mean time since diagnosis (SD), mo	44.4 (23.3)		46.5 (27.6)		49.7 (37.2)		.018	.098
Diagnosis
Breast	1757	52.1	1750	69.9	7	0.8	<.001	.790
Female genital organs	277	8.2	276	11.0	-	-
Prostate	329	9.8	-	-	329	9.8
Urinary tract	92	2.7	25	1.0	67	7.7
Digestive organs	215	6.4	101	4.0	114	13.1
ENT	126	3.7	37	1.5	89	10.3
Skin	224	6.6	138	5.5	86	9.9
Soft tissue	27	0.9	10	0.4	17	2.0
Hematological	241	7.2	108	4.3	133	15.3
Others	82	2.4	57	2.3	25	2.9
UICC -Stage
I	1063	31.5	934	37.3	129	14.9	<.001	.402
II	759	22.5	664	26.5	95	10.9
III	403	12.0	330	13.2	73	8.4
IV	141	4.2	75	3.0	66	7.6
No information/Not determinable	1004	29.8	499	20.0	505	58.2
Treatment
Surgery	3132	93.6	2392	96.3	740	85.8	<.001	.187
Chemotherapy	1904	56.9	1559	62.7	345	40.1	<.001	.199
Radiotherapy	2107	63.0	1795	72.2	312	36.3	<.001	.325

SD standard deviation, y years, mo months, ENT ear, nose, throat, UICC Union for International Cancer Control
^aRange of missing values 0 to 60
^b p value determined using chi-square test and analysis of variance, bold print indicates significance
^cEffect sizes: d, Cohen’s d; V, Cramer’s V
^dLiving with a partner in one household irrespective of marital status

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