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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample (n = 194)*

From: Translation and validation of the EORTC brain cancer module (EORTC QLQ-BN20) for use in Iran

 

Total

Age (years) >Mean (SD)

42.5 (16.1)

Sex

 

Male

103 (53.0%)

Female

91 (47.0%)

Educational status

 

Illiterate

35 (18.0%)

Primary school

33 (17.0%)

Middle school

36 (18.6%)

Secondary school

48 (24.8%)

College

42 (21.6%)

Marital status

 

Single

43 (22.2%)

Married

128 (65.9%)

Widowed/divorced

23 (11.9%)

KPS

 

≤80

102 (52.5%)

>80

92 (47.5%)

MMSE

 

Mean (SD)

23.89(5.3)

Median

26.00

Range

8-30

Type of surgery

 

Biopsy only

40 (20.6%)

Partial resection

96 (49.5%)

Total resection

58 (29.9%)

Type of adjuvant therapy

 

CT

75(38.7%)

RT

62 (32%)

CT + RT

57 (29.3%)

Tumor type

 

Astrocytoma

72(37.1%)

Atypical Meningioma*

46(23.7%)

Oligodendroglioma

53(27.3%)

Others

23(11.9%)

  1. KPS = Karnofsky Performance Status; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination.
  2. * Patients with grade 2 and 3 tumors including, chordoid, atypical, clear cell, rhabdoid, anaplastic (malignant) and papillary subtypes. Meningeal sarcomas (angioblastic meningiomas) and hemangiopericytomas were also included in the Atypical Meningioma.