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Table 1 Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of 207 women after end-of-treatment for gynecologic cancer

From: Perceptions of care after end-of-treatment among younger women with different gynecologic cancer diagnoses – a qualitative analysis of written responses submitted via a survey

Characteristic Total
(n = 207)
Cervical cancer (n = 130, 62.8%) Ovarian cancer
(n = 57, 27.5%)
Othera
(n = 20, 9.7%)
  Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Age at diagnosis 34.2 (4.9) 34.6 (4.1) 32.7 (6.2) 36.1 (4.7)
Age at time of study 37.1 (5.1) 37.2 (4.6) 36.4 (6.1) 39.1 (5.2)
  n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Treatment
 Surgery 110 (53.1) 86 (66.2) 11 (20.3) 13 (65.0)
 Surgery and/or chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy 97 (46.9) 44 (33.8) 46 (79.7) 7 (35.0)
Time since diagnosis
  ≤ 1 year 52 (25.1) 38 (29.2) 11 (19.3) 3 (15.0)
 2–4 years 111 (53.6) 71 (54.6) 27 (47.4) 13 (65.0)
  ≥ 5 years 44 (21.3) 21 (16.2) 19 (33.3) 4 (20.0)
Time since end-of-treatment
  ≤ 1 year 68 (32.8) 46 (35.4) 17 (29.8) 5 (25.0)
 2–4 years 103 (49.8) 69 (53.1) 23 (40.4) 11 (55.0)
  ≥ 5 years 36 (17.4) 15 (11.5) 17 (29.8) 4 (20.0)
Cohabitation at time of study
 Cohabiting 146 (70.5) 96 (73.8) 38 (66.7) 12 (60.0)
 Non-cohabiting 61 (29.5) 34 (26.2) 19 (33.3) 8 (40.0)
Education
 University degree 140 (67.6) 87 (66.9) 41 (71.9) 12 (60.0)
 Nine-years compulsory/upper secondary 64 (30.9) 41 (31.5) 16 (28.1) 7 (35.0)
 Missing 3 (1.5) 2 (1.6) 0 (0) 1 (5)
Children
 Yes 122 (58.9) 91 (70.0) 23 (40.4) 8 (40.0)
 No 84 (40.6) 38 (29.2) 34 (59.6) 12 (60.0)
 Missing 1 (0.5) 1 (0.8) 0 (0) (0)
  1. aOther = Endometrial (n = 16), pelvic (n = 1), and vulvar cancer (n = 3); n numbers, SD Standard deviation