Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of older cancer patients and their assessment of access to information and advice from home health care services (N = 174)
From: Access to information and counselling – older cancer patients’ self-report: a cross-sectional survey
Gender, n (%) | |
Women | 101 (59) |
Men | 63 (41) |
Age, years: mean (SD), range | 77.4 (7.1), 66–92 |
66–74 years, n (%) | 58 (34.5) |
75–84 years, n (%) | 81 (48.2) |
≥ 85 years, n (%) | 29 (17.3) |
Civil status, n (%) | |
Married/cohabiting | 91 (53) |
Single | 80 (47) |
Education, n (%) | |
<13 years | 129 (77) |
≥ 13 years | 39 (23) |
Norwegian region, n (%) | |
East | 129 (77) |
West | 45 (23) |
Cancer diagnosis, n (%) | |
Breast | 10 (6) |
Lung | 14 (8) |
Gynecological | 15 (9) |
Prostate | 20 (11) |
Hematological | 21 (12) |
Colon/rectum | 24 (14) |
Other | 35 (20) |
Two or more cancer diagnoses | 35 (20) |
Time since diagnosis, mean (SD), range, mode | 4.8 year (6.6), 0–33, 1 |
> 1 year, n (%) | 109 (64) |
≤ 1 year, n (%) | 62 (36) |
Ongoing treatment, n (%) | |
Yes | 95 (55) |
No | 77 (45) |
Functional level, n (%) | |
Normal | 37 (22) |
Limited/poor | 130 (78) |
Comorbidity, n (%) | |
Yes | 89 (53) |
No | 79 (47) |