Table 1 Homogeneity of participants’ baseline characteristics between the complete follow-up and lost to follow-up groups (n = 200)
Team | All (n = 200) | Complete (n = 184) | Loss (n = 16) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Male | 132 | 66.0 | 124 | 67.4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0.159 |
Education | 0.464 | ||||||
Below high school | 147 | 73.5 | 134 | 72.8 | 13 | 81.3 | |
Above high school | 53 | 26.5 | 50 | 27.2 | 3 | 18.8 | |
Marital status | 0.255 | ||||||
Yes | 131 | 65.5 | 123 | 66.8 | 8 | 50.0 | |
No | 69 | 34.5 | 61 | 33.2 | 8 | 50.0 | |
Economic | 0.887 | ||||||
Independent | 147 | 73.5 | 135 | 73.4 | 12 | 75.0 | |
Not independent | 53 | 26.5 | 49 | 26.6 | 4 | 25.0 | |
Living | 0.193 | ||||||
With family | 141 | 70.5 | 132 | 71.7 | 9 | 56.3 | |
Alone | 59 | 29.5 | 52 | 28.3 | 7 | 43.8 | |
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 64.9 | 12.5 | 64.4 | 12.4 | 70.2 | 12.2 | 0.075 |
Symptom distress | 41.7 | 10.5 | 41.5 | 10.5 | 41.2 | 6.8 | 0.239 |
Social support | 23.4 | 11.1 | 23.3 | 11.2 | 24.7 | 9.9 | 0.271 |
Care needs | 75.3 | 14.8 | 75.2 | 15.1 | 73.5 | 10.2 | 0.718 |
Meaning in life | |||||||
Presence | 24.3 | 5.0 | 24.1 | 5.0 | 25.5 | 5.7 | 0.064 |
Search | 19.8 | 5.9 | 19.9 | 5.9 | 18.3 | 5.9 | 0.311 |
QOL | |||||||
PCS | 35.0 | 10.3 | 35.2 | 10.3 | 32.4 | 12.0 | 0.464 |
MCS | 43.5 | 12.2 | 43.6 | 12.2 | 50.8 | 11.6 | 0.900 |