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Table 1 Participant characteristics of a randomized controlled trial evaluating a web-based intervention for improving self-reported cognitive functioning in adult cancer survivors

From: Important differences and meaningful changes for the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function (FACT-Cog)

 

Intervention

N = 121

Control

N = 121

Combined

N = 242

Female

116 (96%)

114 (94%)

230 (95%)

Age (range); years

52 (23–74)

54 (31–74)

53 (23–74)

Median education (range); years

14 (8–19)

12 (3–19)

13 (8–19)

English as first language

117 (97%)

117 (97%)

234 (97%)

Primary tumor type

 Breast

108 (89%)

108 (89%)

216 (89%)

 Colorectal

6 (5%)

7 (6%)

13 (5%)

 Other

7 (6%)

6 (5%)

13 (5%)

Time since completion of chemotherapy, months, mean (range)

27 (6–57)

27 (6–60)

27 (6–60)

Radiotherapy

86 (71%)

78 (64%)

164 (68%)

Immune therapy

30 (25%)

24 (20%)

54 (22%)

Hormone therapy

84 (69%)

85 (70%)

171 (71%)

Previous neurological historya

20 (17%)

30 (25%)

50 (21%)

  1. aDefined as: held back a grade in school; required remedial help at school; diagnosed with a learning disability; head injury with loss of consciousness with residual sequelae; history of seizures, dementia, coma, epilepsy, cardiac arrest requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation, stroke; history of other neurological risk; or history of significant alcohol abuse