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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Decision aids for second-line palliative chemotherapy: a randomised phase II multicentre trial

 

Intervention group

(n=83)

Control group

(n=45)

Male gender, n (%)

31 (37%)

16 (36%)

Age, mean (SD)

61 (9.1)

62.5 (9.5)

Living with partner, n (%)

64 (77%)

37 (82%)

Employed, n (%)

25 (30%)

13 (29%)

Having children, n (%)

74 (89%)

38 (84%)

Having grandchildren, n (%)

44 (53%)

26 (58%)

College education or more, n (%)

24 (29%)

7 (16%)

Tumour characteristics

  Colorectal cancer, n (%)

61 (73%)

32 (71%)

  Breast cancer, n (%)

22 (27%)

13 (29%)