Table 1 Cancer patients’ socio-demographic characteristics
From: Attitudes of oncology patients’ towards biospecimen donation for biobank research
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
woman | 467 (85.2) |
man | 81 (14.8) |
Patient’s age | |
range | 19–84 |
median | 52 |
IQR (1–3) | 43–63 |
mean (95%CI) | 52.46 (51.34–53.58) |
SD (95%CI) | 13.37 (12.69-14.00) |
Age at diagnosis | |
range | 16–82 |
median | 50 |
IQR (1–3) | 40–60 |
mean (95%CI) | 50(48.86–51.11) |
SD (95%CI) | 13.37(12.71–14.01) |
Education | |
primary school | 7 (1.3) |
vocational school | 74 (13.6) |
high school | 170 (33) |
university | 286 (52.2) |
medical university | 9 (1.6) |
missing | 2 (0.3) |
Domicile | |
up to 10,000 inhabitants | 149 (27.2) |
10–50,000 inhabitants | 108 (19.7) |
51–100,000 inhabitants | 60 (11) |
101–500,000 inhabitants | 85 (15.5) |
above 500,000 inhabitants | 146 (26.6) |
What role does religion play in your life? | |
significant | 123 (22.5) |
rather significant | 167 (30.5) |
little | 146 (26.6) |
none | 112 (20.4) |
Stage of cancer | |
stage I: non-invasive cancer | 59 (10.8) |
stage II: early stage | 144 (26.3) |
stage III: intermediate cancer | 145 (26.4) |
stage IV: advanced cancer | 134 (24.5) |
stage V: very advanced cancer | 66 (12) |
Is there a history of cancer in your family? | |
yes | 359 (65.5) |
no | 153 (27.9) |
I do not know | 35 (6.4) |
missing | 1 (0.2) |
Were there any genetically determined diseases in your family? | |
yes | 107 (19.5) |
no | 220 (40.2) |
I do not know | 221 (40.3) |
Have you ever donated blood? | |
yes | 113 (20.6) |
no | 434 (79.2) |
missing | 1 (0.2) |
Are you a declared bone-marrow donor? | |
yes | 106 (19.3) |
no | 437 (79.8) |
missing | 5 (0.9) |
Are you vaccinated against COVID-19? | |
yes | 460 (83.9) |
no/prefer not to say | 88 (16.1) |