Validity and reliability of the simplified Chinese patient-reported outcomes version of the common terminology criteria for adverse events

Table 1 Patient Characteristics (N = 1555)

Characteristic	No. of patients	%
Age median (range), y	51 (18–80)
Age groups
<30	92	5.92
30–60	1090	70.10
>60	373	23.99
Gender
Female	585	37.62
Male	970	62.38
Ethnic groups
Han	1535	98.71
Others	20	1.29
Marital status
Married	1296	83.34
Others	259	16.66
Education
Primary school	292	18.78
Middle school	612	39.36
High school	353	22.70
College or more	298	19.16
Diagnosis
NPC or HNC	871	56.01
Lung, breast	234	15.05
Gastrointestinal	214	13.76
Genitourinary or gynecologic	202	12.99
Others	34	2.19
ECOG PS at visit 1
0–1	1243	79.94
2–4	312	20.06
Treatments
Chemotherapy	473	30.42
Chemotherapy + radiotherapy	757	48.68
Radiotherapy	325	20.90

Abbreviations: ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status; HNC, head and neck cancer; NPC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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