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Table 1 Demographic and baseline information of 238 eligible subjects

From: Mapping the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Breast (FACT-B) to the 5-level EuroQoL group’s 5-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) utility index in a Multi-ethnic Asian population

Characteristics

N

(%)

Age (year), Mean (standard deviation)

51.3

(9.7)

Language of questionnaire

  

 English

160

(67.2)

 Chinese

78

(32.8)

Race

  

 Chinese

193

(81.1)

 Malay

23

(9.7)

 Indian

18

(7.6)

 Others

4

(1.7)

Marital status

  

 Married

168

(70.9)

 Single

47

(19.8)

 Divorced/separated

12

(5.1)

 Widowed

10

(4.2)

Education level

  

 Primary or below

48

(20.3)

 Secondary

112

(47.3)

 Postsecondary

77

(32.5)

Inpatient/Outpatient

  

 Inpatient

70

(29.4)

 Outpatient

168

(70.6)

Patient-assessed performance status

  

 0

97

(40.8)

 1

115

(48.3)

 2

17

(7.1)

 3 or 4

9

(3.8)

Evidence of disease

  

 Present

118

(50.0)

 Absent

118

(50.0)

Purpose of visit

  

 Treatment – Adjuvant/curative/hormone therapy

112

(47.7)

 Treatment – Palliative

78

(33.2)

 No treatment – Follow-up

45

(19.1)

On chemotherapy/radiotherapy

  

 Yes

100

(42.0)

 No

138

(58.0)