Table 1 Demographic and clinical descriptors of analyzed sample
From: Patient reported outcomes can improve performance status assessment: a pilot study
Sex | |
Males | 50%, N = 21 |
Females | 50%, N = 21 |
Age (M, SD, range) | |
Males | 43.6 (11.6), 24–66 |
Females | 52.8 (11.7), 37–72 |
Race/Ethnicity | |
White | 91%, N = 38 |
Black | 5%, N = 2 |
Asian | 5%, N = 2 |
Hispanic | 55%, N = 23 |
Education | |
0–8 yrs | 12%, N = 5 |
9–11 yrs | 12%, N = 5 |
High school grad | 21%, N = 9 |
Some college | 14%, N = 6 |
College grad | 38%, N = 16 |
Marital Status | |
Married | 55%, N = 23 |
Single | 26%, N = 11 |
Divorced | 14%, N = 6 |
Widowed | 5%, N = 2 |
Employed | |
Yes | 19%, N = 8 |
No | 81%, N = 34 |
Recruitment Site | |
LA/USC Medical Center | 60%, N = 25 |
USC Norris Cancer Center | 19%, N = 8 |
MD Anderson Cancer Center | 19%, N = 8 |
Hoag Hospital | 2%, N = 1 |
Primary Cancer Site | |
Breast | 40%, N = 17 |
Testicular | 24%, N = 10 |
Head and Neck | 17%, N = 7 |
Bladder | 5%, N = 2 |
Lung | 5%, N = 2 |
Thymoma | 5%, N = 2 |
Adrenal | 2%, N = 1 |
Gallbladder | 2%, N = 1 |
Cancer Stage | |
No evidence of disease | 7%, N = 3 |
Locally recurrent | 33%, N = 14 |
Distant metastasis | 50%, N = 21 |
Physician ECOG | |
Level 0 | 54%, N = 22 |
Level 1 | 44%, N = 18 |
Level 2 | 2%, N = 1 |
Patient ECOG | |
Level 0 | 34%, N = 11 |
Level 1 | 50%, N = 16 |
Level 2 | 13%, N = 4 |
Level 3 | 3%, N = 1 |
PROsa (M, SD, range) | |
Physical Function | 43.9 (7.0), 29–62 |
Fatigue | 53.1 (8.1), 34–66 |
Sleep Disturbance | 51.5 (7.6), 30–69 |
Social Isolation | 46.1 (7.1), 34–62 |