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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Characteristics of health-related quality of life and related factors in patients with brain tumors treated with rehabilitation therapy

 

All patients

Glioblastoma

WHO grade III

PCNSL

MBT

WHO grade I

n = 76

n = 21

n = 10

n = 10

n = 9

n = 26

Sex, n (%)

  Male

45 (59)

15 (71)

6 (60)

5 (50)

8 (89)

11 (42)

  Female

31 (41)

6 (29)

4 (40)

5 (50)

1 (11)

15 (58)

Age, years, mean ± SD

61.1 ± 12.5

58.7 ± 10.8

55.6 ± 11.7

64.5 ± 10.3

67.0 ± 9.5

61.8 ± 15.1

Tumor histology, n

  

Anaplastic astrocytoma 4

  

Meningioma 15

   

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma 2

  

Schwannoma 6

   

Anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma 2

  

Pituitary adenoma 2

   

Anaplastic ependymoma 1

  

Hemangioblastoma 2

   

NOS 1

  

Craniopharyngioma 1

KPS, mean ± SD

86.3 ± 13.5

84.8 ± 15.7

77.0 ± 12.5

92.0 ± 10.3

90.0 ± 7.1

87.7 ± 13.4

Tumor location, n (%)

      

  Right

27 (35)

10 (48)

6 (60)

5 (50)

3 (33)

3 (12)

  Left

21 (28)

9 (43)

3 (30)

2 (20)

3 (33)

4 (15)

  Both/other

28 (37)

2 (9)

1 (10)

3 (30)

3 (33)

19 (73)

Treatment, n (%)

      

  Surgical resection

59 (78)

17 (81)

7 (70)

0 (0)

9 (100)

26 (100)

  Radiation

34 (45)

15 (71)

7 (70)

4 (40)

8 (89)

0 (0)

  Chemotherapy

38 (50)

20 (95)

9 (90)

8 (80)

1 (11)

0 (0)

Recurrence, n (%)

      

  Yes

20 (26)

8 (38)

5 (50)

3 (30)

0 (0)

4 (15)

  No

56 (74)

13 (62)

5 (50)

7 (70)

9 (100)

22 (85)

Discharge disposition, n (%)

      

  Discharged home

60 (79)

16 (76)

7 (70)

9 (90)

7 (78)

21 (81)

  Transfer to a different hospital

16 (21)

5 (24)

3 (30)

1 (10)

2 (22)

5 (19)

  1. SD Standard deviation, KPS Karnofsky performance status, NOS Not otherwise specified, PCNSL Primary central nervous system lymphoma, MBT Metastatic brain tumor