Table 1 Sample characteristics
Candidate predictors | N (%)a |
|---|---|
Socio-demographic | |
Age: | |
 19–51 years | 250 (31.1) |
 52–59 years | 192 (23.9) |
 60–65 years | 150 (19.7) |
 66–71 years | 109 (13.7) |
 72+ years | 102 (12.7) |
 Mean age | 58.0 (SD 11.5) (range 27–88) |
 Missing | 13 (1.6) |
Marital status | |
 Married or living with partner | 590 (72.5) |
 Widowed | 92 (11.3) |
 Divorced / Separated | 84 (10.3) |
 Single | 48 (5.9) |
 Missing | 2 (2.3) |
White British ethnicity | 761 (93.6) |
 Missing | 3 (0.4) |
Lives alone | 140 (17.4) |
 Missing | 11 (1.4) |
Housing tenure | |
 Owner-occupier | 694 (85.3) |
 Renting | 104 (12.8) |
 Other | 16 (2.0) |
 Missing | 2 (0.3) |
Have any caring responsibilities | 227 (28.5) |
 Missing | 19 (2.3) |
Highest level of qualification | |
 No formal qualification | 286 (35.6) |
 A level or equivalent | 97 (12.1) |
 GCSE/O Level | 242 (30.1) |
 Degree/higher degree | 178 (5.1) |
 Missing | 13 (1.6) |
Employment status | |
 Working | 268 (33.2) |
 On leave | 130 (16.1) |
 Retired | 329 (40.7) |
 Not working | 81 (9.5) |
 Missing | 8 (0.3) |
Use of car or van | 709 (87.0) |
 Missing | 19 (2.3) |
Clinical | |
Mean HADS-A (baseline) | 6.5 (SD 4.2, median 6.0, IQR 6.0) |
 Missing | 14 (1.4) |
Mean HADS-D (baseline) | 3.5 (SD 3.2, median 3.0, IQR 4.0) |
 Missing | 4 (0.8) |
Moderate or severe need: feeling unwell | 64 (8) |
 Missing | 15 (1.8) |
Moderate or severe need: lack of energy/fatigue | 164 (20.3) |
 Missing | 8 (1.0) |
Moderate or severe need: feeling pain | 70 (8.7) |
 Missing | 14 (1.7) |
Longstanding comorbid illness | 317 (39.2) |
 Missing | 7 (0.9) |
Cancer-related treatments | |
Chemotherapy | 350 (64.6) |
 Missing | 274 (33.6) |
Radiotherapy | 766 (96.6) |
 Missing | 23 (2.8) |
Hormone therapy | 537 (69.3) |
 Missing | 41 (5.0) |
Outcome | |
Mean HADS-A b | 6.8 (SD 4.4) |
 Missing | 150 (18.4) |