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Table 4 Therapy and support in the last 3 months before enrollment

From: Identifying and handling unbalanced baseline characteristics in a non-randomized, controlled, multicenter social care nurse intervention study for patients in advanced stages of cancer

 

Total

Intervention

Control

p-value

ASMD

Therapya

Operation

91 (29.1%)

33 (28.7%)

58 (29.3%)

0.911

0.013

Radiation therapy

43 (13.9%)

19 (16.7%)

24 (12.3%)

0.285

0.124

Chemotherapy

248 (76.1%)

84 (70.0%)

164 (79.6%)

0.050

0.222

Hormone therapy

11 (3.6%)

4 (3.5%)

7 (3.6%)

0.968

0.005

Antibody therapy

64 (20.6%)

15 (12.8%)

49 (25.3%)

0.009

0.320

Targeted therapy

30 (9.8%)

5 (4.4%)

25 (13.1%)

0.014

0.311

Immune therapy

33 (10.7%)

11 (9.6%)

22 (11.3%)

0.636

0.056

Alternative therapies

1 (0.3%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.5%)

0.446

0.101

Psychotherapy

26 (8.4%)

9 (7.9%)

17 (8.7%)

0.801

0.030

Physiotherapy

57 (18.3%)

19 (16.5%)

38 (19.4%)

0.528

0.074

Other therapies

12 (4.2%)

3 (3.0%)

9 (4.8%)

0.480

0.090

Supporta

     

Counseling on work-incapacity and pension

32 (9.9%)

5 (4.2%)

27 (13.2%)

0.010

0.320

Rehabilitation

21 (6.5%)

4 (3.4%)

17 (8.3%)

0.088

0.208

Aids, including care aids

55 (17.0%)

14 (11.8%)

41 (20.0%)

0.057

0.226

Care counseling

52 (16.1%)

19 (16.0%)

33 (16.1%)

0.975

0.004

Counseling for the improvement of the individual living environment

15 (4.7%)

5 (4.2%)

10 (4.9%)

0.785

0.032

Financial advice

11 (3.4%)

3 (2.5%)

8 (3.9%)

0.521

0.076

Psychological support

45 (14.1%)

10 (8.5%)

35 (17.2%)

0.031

0.261

Addiction counseling

1 (0.3%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.5%)

0.447

0.099

Other support

11 (3.7%)

5 (4.7%)

6 (3.1%)

0.501

0.079

  1. ASMD Absolute standardized mean difference, aData of therapy and support including missings