Research Article

The Development and Validation of a Measure of Health-Related Quality of Life for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—Lymphoma (FACT-Lym)

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the sample.

Demographic characteristicsPatient sample ( )
(%)

Age, years
 Median62
 Range23–82
Gender
 Male 37 (44.0%)
 Female47 (56.0%)
Race/ethnicity
 White64 (76.2%)
 White, other8 (9.5%)
 White, Amer. Indian/Alaskan Native1 (1.2%)
 Black3 (3.6%)
 Hispanic (Mexican), other2 (2.4%)
 Asian2 (2.4%)
 Other1 (1.2%)
 Missing3 (3.6%)
Marital status
 Never married 7 (8.3%)
 Married 58 (69.0%)
 Living with partner2 (2.4%)
 Divorced 7 (8.3%)
 Widowed 10 (11.9%)
Years of education
 6th grade 1 (1.2%)
 8th grade 2 (2.4%)
 11th grade 1 (1.2%)
 High school grad/GED 14 (16.7%)
 Some college 18 (21.4%)
 College degree (B.A./B.S.) 30 (35.7%)
 Advanced degree (M.S., Ph.D., M.D.)17 (20.2%)
 Missing1 (1.2%)