Men’s perception of information and psychological distress in the diagnostic phase of prostate cancer: a comparative mixed methods study

Table 3 Demographic characteristics of the total survey sample and the individual distribution for each clinic

	Prostate specific antigen (PSA)								Stockholm 3
	All included		Clinic I		Clinic II		Clinic III		Clinic I
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	P*
Included	130	100	47	36.2	37	28.5	46	35.4	120	100.0
Age group	130		47		37		46		117^a		0.189
41–50	4	*3.1*	0	0.0	2	5.4	2	4.3	1	*0.9*
51–60	21	*16.2*	7	14.9	6	16.2	8	17.4	16	*13.7*
61–70	66	*50.8*	23	48.9	23	62.2	20	43.5	61	*52.1*
71–80	31	*23.8*	16	34.0	6	16.2	9	19.6	37	*31.6*
81–90	8	*6.2*	1	2.1	0	0.0	7	15.2	2	*1.7*
Living alone	130		47			37		46	118^a		0.546
Yes	20	*15.4*	8	17.0	5	13.5	7	15.2	15	*12.7*
No	110	*84.6*	39	83.0	32	86.5	39	84.8	103	*87.3*
Education (higher degree)	117^a		40^a		36^a		41^a		110^a		0.446
Yes	39	*33.3*	21	52.5	10	27.8	10	24.4	42	*38.2*
No	78	*66.7*	19	47.5	26	72.2	31	75.6	68	*61.8*
Occupation	130		47		37		46		118^a		0.534
Employed	56	*43.1*	18	38.3	21	56.8	17	37.0	39	*33.0*
Domestic worker	1	*0.8*	0	0.0	1	2.7	0	0.0	1	*0.9*
Disability pension	3	*2.3*	2	4.3	0	0.0	1	2.2	3	*2.5*
Rehabilitation	2	*1.5*	1	2.1	0	0.0	1	2.2	1	*0.9*
Retired	63	*48.5*	25	53.2	15	40.5	23	50.0	72	*61.0*
Under education	4	*3.1*	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	8.7	2	*1.7*
Other	1	*0.8*	1	2.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	*0.0*

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