Table 1 Participant characteristics
Variable | Respondents (N = 5835) |
|---|---|
Sex n(%) | Â |
Male | 2553 (43.8) |
Female | 3266 (56.0) |
Missing | 16 (0.3) |
Age in years | Â |
Mean (SDa) | 67.4 (11.8) |
Missing n(%) | 36 (0.6) |
Highest education n(%) | Â |
None | 1709 (29.3) |
General Certificate of Secondary Education/Vocational | 1613 (27.6) |
A-Level | 584 (10.0) |
Degree or above | 1379 (23.6) |
Missing | 550 (9.4) |
Marital status n(%) | Â |
Married | 4037 (69.2) |
Divorced/Separated/Widowed/Single | 1781 (30.5) |
Missing | 17 (0.3) |
Living Arrangements n(%) | Â |
Alone | 1268 (21.7) |
With others | 4526 (77.6) |
Missing | 41 (0.7) |
Ethnicity– dichotomised n(%) |  |
White | 5249 (90.0) |
Any other ethnicity | 554 (9.5) |
Missing | 32 (0.5) |
Months since most recent cancer diagnosis | Â |
Mean (SDa) | 35.5 (13.6) |
Cancer type n(%) | Â |
Breast | 2786 (47.7) |
Prostate | 1839 (31.5) |
Colorectal | 1210 (20.7) |
Missing | 0 |
Cancer spread n(%) | Â |
Yes | 558 (9.6) |
No | 4498 (77.1) |
Don’t know/Missing | 373 (6.4) |
Missing | 406 (7.0) |
Treatment n(%) | Â |
No treatment/active surveillance only | 296 (5.1) |
Surgery only | 1081 (18.5) |
Surgery and at least one other treatment | 2967 (50.8) |
Any other combination of treatment | 1411 (24.2) |
Missing | 80 (1.4) |
Time since completion of main treatmentbn(%) | Â |
< 1 year | 985 (16.9) |
1–5 years | 4122 (70.6) |
On active surveillance | 525 (9.0) |
Missing/Don’t know | 203 (3.5) |
Total comorbiditiesc | Â |
Mean (SDa) | 1.3 (1.3) |
Missing | 0 |