Research Article
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%) |
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Self-reported by respondents in questionnaire. |