| Variables |
IRP (n = 56) |
ORP (n = 60) |
p-value |
| Age (years), median (range) |
51 (37-66) |
50 (32-67) |
.34 |
| Months since diagnosis, median (range) |
10 (4-24) |
7 (3-24) |
< .001 |
| |
N (%) |
N (%) |
|
| Living with a partner |
| No |
17 |
(30) |
18 |
(30) |
.97 |
| Yes |
39 |
(70) |
42 |
(70) |
|
| Children < 18 years living at home |
| No |
28 |
(50) |
27 |
(45) |
.59 |
| Yes |
28 |
(50) |
33 |
(55) |
|
| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
| Prim/second/high school |
24 |
(44) |
33 |
(55) |
.22 |
| University/college |
31 |
(56) |
27 |
(45) |
|
| Missing |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
| Work status* |
|
| Full time |
8 |
(14) |
14 |
(23) |
.21 |
| Part time |
11 |
(20) |
6 |
(10) |
|
| Sick-leave |
37 |
(66) |
40 |
(67) |
|
| Cancer diagnosis |
| Breast cancer |
51 |
(91) |
33 |
(55) |
< .001 |
| Gynecological cancer |
5 |
(9) |
27 |
(45) |
|
| Treatment |
|
|
|
|
|
| Chemo. ** and rad. ** +/- surg. /horm. ** |
35 |
(62) |
26 |
(43) |
.16 |
| Chemo. without rad. +/- surg./horm. |
6 |
(11) |
14 |
(23) |
|
| Surg. ** and rad. or rad. only |
11 |
(20) |
15 |
(25) |
|
| Surg. only |
4 |
(7) |
5 |
(8) |
|
| Health reported functions, median (range) |
| Physical fatigue |
13 (6-20) |
13 (5-21) |
.28 |
| Physical functioning |
80 (40-100) |
80 (47-100) |
.55 |
| Emotional functioning |
75 (17-100) |
75 (25-100) |
.96 |
| Role functioning |
67 (0-100) |
50 (0-100) |
.004 |
| Social functioning |
67 (0-100) |
67 (17-100) |
0.44 |
| *linear by linear association |
|
**chemo. = chemotherapy; rad. = radiotherapy; surg. = surgery;
horm. = hormone therapy