Research Article
Supportive Care Needs following Cancer Treatment: A Comparison of Breast and Brain Cancer in an Australian Cohort
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (
).
| | | , (%) (unless otherwise stated) | | | Breast cancer
() | Brain tumour
() |
| | Demographic factors | | | | Age (years) | | | | (Mean (SD), range) | 57.6 (10.6), 34.8–81.8 | 52.6 (13.6), 22.1–78.5 | | Sex | | | | Female | 85 (100) | 61 (57.5) | | Marital status | | | | Married/partner | 53 (62.4) | 81 (76.4) | | Living with | | | | Partner/family | 68 (80.0) | 81 (76.4) | | Education | | | | Secondary | 37 (43.5%) | 55 (51.9) | | Tertiary | 43 (50.6%) | 47 (44.3) | | Smokers | 13 (15.3%) | 17 (16.0) | | Consumes alcohol | 46 (54.1%) | 45 (42.5) | | Clinical characteristics | | | | Disease duration (years) | | | | (Md, (IQR)) | 2.2 (1.4–4.9) | 2.1 (0.8, 4.0) | | Tumour grading | BRE* () | WHO** () | | Grade 1 | 10 (12.0%) | 14 (14.6) | | Grade 2 | 28 (33.7%) | 30 (31.3) | | Grade 3 | 45 (54.2%) | 15 (15.6) | | Grade 4 | N/A | 37 (38.5) | | Surgery | 85 (100%) | 105 (99.1) | | ≥2 surgery episodes | 36 (42.4%) | 33 (31.4) | | Chemotherapy | 63 (74.1%) | 45 (42.5) | | Multiple episode | 54 (96.4%) | 19 (42.2) | | Side effects | 60 (70.6%) | 31 (68.9) | | Radiotherapy | 63 (74.1%) | 68 (64.2) | | Multiple episode | 48 (76.2%) | 44 (64.7) | | Side effects | 47 (55.3%) | 45 (66.2) | | Currently on treatment | 55 (64.7%) | | | Comorbidities | | | | Hypertension | 27 (31.8%) | 30 (28.3) | | Diabetes | 5 (5.9%) | 5 (4.7) | | Depression | 28 (32.9%) | 12 (11.3) | | Pain | 63 (74.1%) | 59 (55.7) | | VAS pain score (0: no pain; 10: extreme pain) | | | | Mean (SD), range | 3.8 (2.1), 1–8 | 3.0 (2.0, 5.0) |
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IQR: interquartile range, Md: median, : total number, SD: standard deviation, VAS: visual analogue scale.
*BRE: Bloom-Richardson-Elston grading.
**WHO: World Health Organisation classification of brain tumours (gliomas).
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