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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants (n = 63)

From: The feasibility and benefit of a brief psychosocial intervention in addition to early palliative care in patients with advanced cancer to reduce depressive symptoms: a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial

 

Arm A (n = 19)

Arm B (n = 22)

Arm C (n = 22)

Age, mean (SD), years

49.1 (11.1)

52.7 (10.2)

57.0 (11.8)

Female, n (%)

13 (68.4)

14 (62.6)

14 (63.6)

Marital status, n (%)

 Single

4 (21.1)

5 (22.7)

0 (0)

 Married

12 (63.2)

11 (50.0)

14 (63.6)

 Stable union

1 (5.3)

2 (9.1)

2 (9.1)

 Widower

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (9.1)

 Divorced

2 (10.5)

3 (13.6)

2 (9.1)

 Other

0 (0)

1 (4.5)

2 (9.1)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 White

12 (63.2)

10 (45.5)

15 (68.2)

 Black

3 (15.8)

8 (36.4)

2 (9.1)

 Asian

0 (0)

3 (13.6)

1 (4.5)

 Brown skin

4 (21.1)

1 (4.5)

4 (18.2)

Religion, n (%)

 Catholic

6 (31.6)

15 (68.2)

15 (68.2)

 Evangelical

10 (52.6)

6 (27.3)

6 (27.3)

 Jehovah’s Witness

1 (5.3)

1 (4.5)

0 (0)

 Kardecist spiritualism

2 (10.5)

0 (0)

1 (4.5)

Low educational levela, n (%)

 Low

11 (57.9)

10 (45.5)

12 (54.5)

Professional status, n (%)

 Active

8 (42.1)

8 (36.4)

12 (54.5)

Diagnosis, n (%)

 Breast

6 (31.6)

6 (27.3)

6 (27.3)

 Colon and rectum

4 (21.1)

1 (4.5)

2 (9.1)

 Prostate

0 (0)

1 (4.5)

1(4.5)

 Lung

2 (10.5)

2 (9.1)

3 (13.6)

 Head and neck

1 (5.3)

2 (9.1)

1 (4.5)

 Cervix

2 (10.5)

4 (18.2)

3 (13.6)

 Stomach

1 (5.3)

3 (13.6)

2 (9.1)

 Other

3 (15.8)

3 (13.6)

4 (18.2)

HADS-A, mean (SD)

5.79 (3.92)

7.14 (3.41)

6.27 (4.84)

HADS-D, mean (SD)

5.11 (4.51)

7.14 (4.12)

7.18 (4.92)

PHQ-9, mean (SD)

9.7 (6.5)

10.3 (6.0)

9.8 (6.5)

EORTC / Global health, mean (SD)

76.3 (17.0)

72.7 (25.5)

66.7 (29.5)

EORTC / emotional functioning, mean (SD)

70.2 (32.8)

73.5 (21.6)

76.5 (30.7)

  1. Legend: SD standard deviation. aIlliterate / reads and writes / incomplete elementary