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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of women of the study samplea

From: Improving health-related quality of life in women with breast, blood, and gynaecological Cancer with an eHealth-enabled 12-week lifestyle intervention: the women’s wellness after Cancer program randomised controlled trial

 

Intervention

Control

Total

n (%) or M (SD)

n (%) or M (SD)

n (%) or M (SD)

Background characteristics

 Mean age (SD)

52.6 (9.4)

53.7 (8.1)

53.2 (8.8)

Marital status

 Married/de facto relationship

133 (77.3)

133 (76.4)

266 (76.9)

 Separated or divorced

16 (9.3)

23 (13.2)

39 (11.3)

 Widowed

3 (1.7)

6 (3.4)

9 (2.6)

 Single

20 (11.6)

12 (6.9)

32 (9.2)

Country of birth

 Australia

121 (69.9)

121 (69.5)

242 (69.7)

 Elsewhere

52 (30.1)

53 (30.5)

105 (30.3)

Highest educational attainment

 Year 10 or less (junior school)

13 (7.6)

18 (10.3)

31 (9.0)

 Year 11 or 12 (senior school)

17 (9.9)

20 (11.5)

37 (10.7)

 Technical certificate/diploma

42 (24.4)

37 (21.3)

79 (22.8)

 University degree/postgraduate

100 (58.1)

99 (56.9)

199 (57.5)

Employment status

 Employed (full-time)

75 (47.2)

79 (48.5)

154 (47.8)

 Employed (part-time)

62 (39.0)

61 (37.4)

123 (38.2)

 Retired

17 (10.7)

16 (9.8)

33 (10.2)

 Other

5 (3.1)

7 (3.3)

12 (3.7)

Gross household income

 Less than $20,000 AUD

3 (1.8)

3 (1.7)

6 (1.7)

 $20,000—$80,000 AUD

52 (30.4)

48 (27.6)

100 (29.0)

 Above $80,000 AUD

109 (63.7)

114 (65.5)

223 (64.6)

 Don’t Know

7 (4.1)

9 (5.2)

16 (4.6)

Cancer experience

 Cancer type

  Breast

136 (95.1)

130 (94.2)

266 (94.7)

  Gynaecology

2 (1.4)

6 (4.3)

8 (2.8)

  Blood

5 (3.5)

2 (1.4)

7 (2.5)

  Mean months since diagnosis (SD)

19.3 (14.7)

18.8 (11.9)

19.1 (13.4)

  1. n number of participants per group,M mean value,SD standard deviation of the mean value,AUD Australian dollars
  2. aOverall n’s might differ because of missing data