Table 2 Summary statistics of patient characteristics: categorical variables (n = 625)
Variables | Count (%) |
|---|---|
Primary treatment | |
Radiation | 260 (41.6) |
Prostatectomy | 128 (20.5) |
Surveillance | 155 (24.8) |
Hormonal treatment | 73 (11.7) |
Chemotherapy | 9 (1.4) |
EAU cancer risk classification | |
Low risk disease | 111 (17.8) |
Intermediate risk disease | 213 (34.1) |
High risk disease | 231 (37.0) |
Advanced disease | 44 (7.0) |
Missing | 26 (4.2) |
Relationship status | |
In a relationship | 526 (84.2) |
Not in a relationship | 93 (14.9) |
Missing | 6 (1.0) |
Education level | |
No vocational education | 86 (13.8) |
Short vocational education | 128 (20.5) |
Vocational education | 156 (25.0) |
Polytechnic | 157 (25.1) |
University education | 91 (14.6) |
Missing | 7 (1.1) |
Working life status | |
Working full-time or part-time | 118 (18.9) |
Retired | 475 (76.0) |
Unemployed | 11 (1.8) |
Outside labour force for another reason | 4 (0.6) |
Missing | 17 (2.7) |
Treatment satisfaction (at 12 months) | |
Extremely satisfied | 186 (29.8) |
Satisfied | 307 (49.1) |
Uncertain | 60 (9.6) |
Dissatisfied | 21 (3.4) |
Extremely dissatisfied | 9 (1.4) |
Missing | 42 (6.7) |