Psychosocial Distress Scores and Needs among Newly Diagnosed Sarcoma Patients: A Provincial Experience

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

		Total (n = 413)
Age	Median (years)	61
	Interquartile range (years)	46.5–73
	<40 years	69 (16.7%)
	>40 years	344 (83.3%)
Sex	Female	198 (47.9%)
	Male	215 (52.1%)
Stage at screening	Resectable	176 (42.6%)
	Unresectable/metastatic	35 (8.5%)
	Unknown	202 (48.9%)
Location	Upper extremity	61 (14.8%)
	Trunk or head and neck	123 (29.8%)
	Lower extremity	229 (55.4%)
Histology	Alveolar soft part sarcoma	1 (0.2%)
	Angiosarcoma	8 (1.9%)
	Ewing sarcoma	5 (1.2%)
	Fibrosarcoma	3 (0.7%)
	Giant cell tumor	46 (11.1%)
	Leiomyosarcoma	45 (10.9%)
	Liposarcoma	88 (21.3%)
	Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor	11 (2.7%)
	Myxofibrosarcoma	46 (11.1%)
	Osteosarcoma	4 (1.0%)
	Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor	1 (0.3%)
	Rhabdomyosarcoma	6 (1.5%)
	Synovial sarcoma	15 (3.6%)
	Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma	50 (12.1%)
	Soft tissue sarcoma, not otherwise specified	84 (20.3%)
ECOG at screening	0-1	341 (82.6%)
	≥2	38 (9.2%)
	Unknown	34 (8.2%)
Lives alone	Yes	81 (20%)
	No	323 (78%)
	Missing	9 (2%)
Requires assistance	Yes	361 (87%)
	No	38 (9%)
	Missing	14 (3%)
Regular contact with loved ones	Yes	395 (96%)
	No	10 (2%)
	Missing	8 (2%)
Widowed	Yes	34 (8%)
	No	364 (88%)
	Missing	15 (4%)
Has emotional support	Yes	387 (94%)
	No	14 (3%)
	Missing	12 (3%)

Self-reported by respondents in questionnaire.