Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics by response status

From: Assessment of Survivor Concerns (ASC): A newly proposed brief questionnaire

	Responders		Non-responders		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
Under 50	117	15.5	116	20.4	233	17.6
50–65	293	38.9	200	35.1	493	37.3
Over 65	343	45.6	254	44.6	597	45.1
Sex
Female	494	65.6	360	63.2	854	64.6
Male	259	34.4	210	36.8	469	35.4
Marital Status*
With Partner	524	69.6	346	60.7	870	65.8
No Partner	221	29.3	219	38.4	440	33.3
Ethnicity*
Japanese	321	42.6	213	37.4	534	40.4
Caucasian	248	32.9	153	26.8	401	30.3
Hawaiian	100	13.3	112	19.6	212	16.0
Filipino	79	10.5	84	14.7	163	12.3
Other	5	0.7	9	1.6	14	1.1
Treatment
Surgery	688	91.4	522	91.6	1210	91.5
Chemotherapy	92	12.2	60	10.5	152	11.5
Radiation	300	39.8	192	33.7	492	37.2
Hormone	160	21.2	95	16.7	255	19.3
Site*
Breast	296	39.3	173	30.4	469	35.4
Digestive	108	14.3	83	14.6	191	14.4
Prostate	101	13.4	69	12.1	170	12.8
Other	248	32.9	245	43.0	493	37.3
Total	753	100.0	570	100.0	1323	100.0

For Treatment, responses are not mutually exclusive. Statistically significant differences (p < .01) are indicated with an asterisk (*).

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