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Table 2 Patient demographics

From: Patients’ willingness to participate in clinical trials and their views on aspects of cancer research: results of a prospective patient survey

Characteristic

N (%)

(n = 276)

Gender

 

 Male

188 (68 %)

 Female

88 (32 %)

Age

 

 Median (range)

64 years (19–85)

Native English speaker

252 (91 %)

Ethnicity

 

 White

238 (86 %)

 Asian

21 (8 %)

 Black

8 (3 %)

 Other

9 (3 %)

Marital status

 

 Married/partner

194 (70 %)

 Single

35 (13 %)

 Separated/divorced

15 (5 %)

 Widowed

14 (5 %)

 Unknown

18 (7 %)

Social class

 

 Grade A/B (upper middle/middle class)

56 (20 %)

 Grade C1/2 (lower middle/skilled working class)

34 (12 %)

 Grade D (working class)

48 (17 %)

 Grade E (retired)

109 (40 %)

 Grade E (unemployed)

5 (2 %)

 Unknown

24 (9 %)

Percentage of households in poverty in the patient’s postcode area

 

  ≥ 27.61 %

20 (7 %)

 22.01–27.6 %

43 (16 %)

 17.91–22 %

48 (17 %)

 14.41–17.9 %

51 (18 %)

  ≤ 14.4 %

112 (41 %)

 Not in Englanda

2 (1 %)

Type of cancer

 

 Colorectal

117 (42 %)

 Oesophagogastric

100 (36 %)

 Pancreatic

18 (7 %)

 Hepatobiliary

11 (4 %)

 Carcinoma of unknown primary/other GI

3 (1 %)

 Hodgkin’s lymphoma

10 (4 %)

 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

17 (6 %)

Treatment aim

 

 Curative

96 (35 %)

 Palliative

180 (65 %)

Number of previous lines of treatment

 

 0

133 (48 %)

 1

87 (32 %)

 2

39 (14 %)

 3

13 (5 %)

  ≥ 4

3 (1 %)

 Unknown

1 (1 %)

Performance status

 

 0

106 (38 %)

 1

130 (47 %)

 2

20 (7 %)

 3

3 (1 %)

 Unknown

17 (6 %)

  1. aNo comparable poverty statistics available for regions outside of England
  2. GI gastrointestinal