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Table 1 Demographics of patients in the validation study

From: Development and validation of a quality of life questionnaire for patients with colostomy or ileostomy

 

DK

Germany

Spain

France

Total

N*)

49

43

58

32

182

Age (years), mean (SD)

58.2 (12.5)

61.9 (11.9)

40.7 (11.6)

58.5 (14.5)

53.4 (15.3)

Sex (Male/Female), N (%)

14/32 (30%/70%)

33/8 (80%/20%)

28/30 (48%/52%)

18/14 (56%/44%)

93/84 (52.5%/47.5%)

Type of stoma

     

   Colostomy, N (%)

23 (50.0%)

34 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

32 (100.0%)

89 (52.4%)

   Ileostomy, N (%)

23 (50.0%)

0 (0.0%)

58 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

81 (47.6%)

Duration from stoma creation (years), mean (SD)

15.4 (11.0)

4.8 (3.4)

4.6 (4.8)

2.7 (5.4)

7.1 (8.4)

  1. *) Missing demographic data for up to N = 12 means that sample N will be less than 182 on some variables. Means, SD and percentages refer to valid cases only.