Table 2 Participant characteristics
From: Meeting psychosocial needs to improve health: a prospective cohort study
Characteristic | Statistic | N |
|---|---|---|
Age, N (%): | Â | 330 |
 25 to 49 years | 32 (9.70%) |  |
 50 to 64 years | 127 (38.5%) |  |
 65 to 74 years | 112 (33.9%) |  |
 75 years and over | 59 (17.9%) |  |
Sex, N (%): | Â | 325 |
 Female | 192 (59.1%) |  |
 Male | 133 (40.9%) |  |
Cancer type, N (%): | Â | 331 |
 Bowel | 29 (8.76%) |  |
 Breast | 71 (21.5%) |  |
 Lung | 72 (21.8%) |  |
 Pther | 131 (39.6%) |  |
 Prostate | 28 (8.46%) |  |
Cancer stage at baseline, N (%): | Â | 273 |
 Living with condition | 55 (20.1%) |  |
 Receiving palliative care | 26 (9.52%) |  |
 Recently completed treatment (within 1 month) | 17 (6.23%) |  |
 Recently diagnosed (1 month) | 35 (12.8%) |  |
 Undergoing tests | 18 (6.59%) |  |
 Undergoing treatment | 122 (44.7%) |  |
Cancer stage at follow-up, N (%): | Â | 322 |
 Living with condition | 144 (44.7%) |  |
 Receiving palliative care | 55 (17.1%) |  |
 Recently completed treatment (within 1 month) | 28 (8.70%) |  |
 Recently diagnosed (1 month) | 1 (0.31%) |  |
 Recurrence | 1 (0.31%) |  |
 Undergoing tests | 9 (2.80%) |  |
 Undergoing treatment | 84 (26.1%) |  |
Palliative care, N (%): | Â | 276 |
 Yes | 59 (21.4%) |  |
 No | 217 (78.6%) |  |
Deprivation (1 = most deprived), Median [min-max] | 3 [1–20] | 331 |