Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics

Gender

Breast cancer

383 (34.63)

SCNS-SF34

 Male

451 (40.78)

Colorectal cancer

133 (12.03)

Physical and daily living needs (PDL), n=1100

14.75 (14.49)

 Female

655 (59.22)

Gynaecological cancer

129(11.66)

Psychological needs (PSY), n=1084

12.42 (13.96)

Marital status, n (%)

Prostate cancer

75 (6.78)

Sexual need (SEX), n=1102

5.29 (11.46)

 Single

120 (10.85)

Lung cancer

72 (6.51)

Patient care and support needs (PCS), n=1098

22.97 (20.46)

 Married/cohabited

828 (74.86)

Head and neck cancer

218 (19.71)

Health systems and information needs (HIS), n= 1086

34.56 (21.46)

 Divorced/separated

87 (7.87)

Leukaemia/lymphoma

25 (2.26)

SF-12 v2

 Widowed

68 (6.15)

Sarcoma

6 (0.54)

Physical Component Summary (PCS), n=1068

46.68 (8.45)

 Missing

3 (0.27)

Hepatobiliary cancer

8 (0.72)

Mental Component Summary (MCS), n=1068

44.82 (10.74)

Education level, n (%)

Gastric cancer

21 (1.30)

MSAS-SF

 No formal education

60 (5.42)

Oesophageal cancer

15 (1.36)

Physical Symptom subscale, n=1096

0.47 (0.52)

 Primary education

318 (28.75)

Others

21 (1.90)

Psychological Symptom subscale, n=1092

0.52 (0.69)

 Secondary education

577 (52.17)

Stage of disease, n (%)

HADS

 Tertiary education

149 (13.47)

Stage I

224 (20.25)

Anxiety level, n=1100

2.32 (2.97)

 Missing

2 (0.18)

Stage II

366 (33.09)

Depression level, n=1098

3.06 (3.27)

Occupation, n (%)

Stage III

332 (30.02)

 Full-time

340 (30.74)

Stage IV

81 (7.32)

 Part-time

48 (4.34)

Missing

103 (9.31)

 Retired

291 (26.31)

 Housewife

128 (11.57)

 Unemployed (before diagnosis of cancer)

28 (2.53)

 Unemployed (since diagnosis of cancer)

268 (24.23)

 Missing

3 (0.27)

 ≤ HKD$20,000

658 (59.49)

 > HKD$20,001

380 (34.36)

 Missing

68 (6.15)