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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for sociodemographic and clinical variables (n = 548)

From: Thresholds for clinical importance for four key domains of the EORTC QLQ-C30: physical functioning, emotional functioning, fatigue and pain

Age:

Mean (SD)

60.6 (12.3)

Range

19–89

Sex:

Women

54.0 %

Men

46.0 %

Diagnosis:

Breast cancer

25.7 %

Colorectal cancer

12.8 %

Lung cancer

11.7 %

Head & neck cancer

8.0 %

Prostate cancer

7.4 %

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

7.3 %

Stomach/Oesophagic cancer

6.6 %

Gynaecologic cancer

6.0 %

Other

14.5 %

UICC stage:

I

9.9 %

II

28.9 %

III

24.4 %

IV

36.8 %

Current treatment:

No treatment

26.7 %

Chemotherapy

24.7 %

Chemotherapy and surgery

18.4 %

Radio- and chemotherapy

11.4 %

Surgery and Radiotherapy

4.4 %

Surgery

4.0 %

Other

10.4 %