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Table 1 Characteristics of patient population

From: Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on lung cancer care and patient health in a German lung cancer center: results from a cross-sectional questionnaire

 

n

%

Mean age (sd)

66.7

(10.4)

Male

56

60.2

Household size

  

 Single household

21

22.6

 2 Person household

48

51.6

 More than 2 person household

24

25.8

Working status

  

 Retired

57

61.3

 Actively working

24

25.8

 Unemployed

3

3.2

 On sick leave

9

9.7

Education

  

 Low (≤9 years of school)

36

38.7

 Intermediate (10–11 years of school)

30

32.3

 High (≥ 12 years of school)

26

28.0

Histology

  

 NSCLC

81

87.1

 Other

12

12.9

Stage at diagnosis

  

 I

26

28.0

 II

12

12.9

 III

26

28.0

 IV

25

26.9

 Information missing

4

4.3

Reason for last visit

  

 Follow-up care

52

55.9

 Oral therapy

10

10.8

 Intravenous or radiotherapy

27

29.0

 Information missing

4

4.3

 Progressive disease

16

17.2

 Mean CCI (sd)

4.6

(3.5)

 Chronic pulmonary disease

31

33.3

 Diabetes

16

17.2

 Renal disease

23

24.7

 Metastatic disease

42

45.2

  1. Patient characteristics of study population as means with standard deviation for numeric, and relative and absolute frequencies of categorical variables
  2. Sd standard deviation, CCI Charlson comorbidity index, NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer