Table 3:  Patient characteristics.

Characteristics

Control arm

Intervention arm

Total (n=30)

n(%)

Age: median(range)

72(70-79)

75(71-89)

73(70-89)

Gender: Male

               Female

14(46.67)

1(3.33)

9(30)

6(20)

23(76.67)

7(23.33)

Marital Status: Married

                          Single

                          Widowed

12(40)

0(0)

3(10)

9(30)

1(3.33)

5(16.67)

21(70)

1(3.33)

8(26.67)

Highest Educational Attainment: Primary

Secondary

Third Level

 

8(26.67)

5(16.67)

2(6.67)

 

11(36.67)

4(13.33)

0(0)

 

19(63.33)

9(30)

2(6.67)

Type of Cancer (Primary Site):

Prostate

Rectum

Endometrium

Cervix

NHL

Vulva

Bladder

 

13(43.33)

1(3.33)

0(0)

0(0)

1(3.33)

0(0)

0(0)

 

6 (20)

2(6.67)

1(3.33)

2(6.67)

2(6.67)

1(3.33)

1(3.33)

 

19 (63.33)

3(10)

1(3.33)

2(6.67)

3(10)

1(3.33)

1(3.33)

Type of Treatment:

Radiotherapy alone

Concurrent chemo-radiation (CRT)

Neo-adjuvant CRT

Radiotherapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT)

 

2(6.67)

0(0)

1(3.33)

12(40)

 

4(13.33)

4(13.33)

1(3.33)

6(20)

 

6(20)

4(13.33)

2(6.67)

18(60)

Note: Listed as proportions n(%), apart from age