Table 1 Patient characteristics, anamnesis at study entry and PAM-13 scores within strata

Socio-demographics

Mean (SD)

Pearson r

Age (N = 1125)

57.1 (12.2)

59.8 (12.3)

55.4 (11.8)

< 0.001^$

0.014

p = .647

BMI (N = 1107)

24.8 (5.13)

25.3 (5.43)

24.5 (4.89)

0.012^$

-0.030

p = .313

N (%)

Mean (SD)

Sex (N = 1125)

0.015^&

T = 0.76, p = .448

 Male

304 (27.0%)

137 (31.1%)

167 (24.4%)

69.1 (15.1)

 Female

821 (73.0%)

303 (68.9%)

518 (75.6%)

69.9 (13.9)

Education (N = 1113)

< 0.001^&

F = 3.23, p = .022

 University/College degree

405 (36.4%)

123 (28.4%)

282 (41.5%)

69.8 (13.3)

 Higher education qualification

179 (16.1%)

55 (12.7%)

124 (18.2%)

70.0 (13.6)

 Intermediate secondary school

343 (30.8%)

150 (34.6%)

193 (28.4%)

70.9 (14.5)

 Basic school up to 9 yrs/no qualification

186 (16.7%)

105 (24.2%)

81 (11.9%)

70.0 (15.9)

Employment (N = 1109)

< 0.001^&

F = 2.10, p = .099

 Full-time

352 (31.8%)

124 (28.8%)

228 (33.6%)

70.7 (13.6)

 Part-time

272 (24.5%)

79 (18.3%)

193 (28.5%)

70.2 (13.4)

 Not employed

96 (8.65%)

43 (9.98%)

53 (7.81%)

66.8 (15.4)

 Retired

389 (35.0%)

185 (42.9%)

204 (30.0%)

69.3 (14.9)

Marital status (N = 1099)

0.178^&

T = 1.43, p = .154

 Single

239 (21.7%)

103 (24.0%)

136 (20.3%)

68.4 (15.4)

 In a relationship/married

860 (78.3%)

327 (76.0%)

533 (79.7%)

70.0 (13.9)

Anamnesis

Main Diagnosis^$(N = 1125)

0.036^&

F = 0.23, p = .878

 Mamma

465 (41.3%)

165 (37.5%)

300 (43.8%)

70.0 (14.0)

 Digestive organs

232 (20.6%)

102 (23.2%)

130 (19.0%)

69.2 (14.4)

 Female genitals

118 (10.5%)

56 (12.7%)

62 (9.0%)

70.2 (14.1)

 Other

310 (27.6%)

117 (26.6%)

193 (28.2%)

69.4 (14.4)

Treatment intention (N = 1125)

0.001^&

F = 2.13, p = .120

 Curative

538 (47.8%)

192 (43.6%)

346 (50.5%)

70.6 (13.5)

 Palliative

406 (36.1%)

156 (35.5%)

250 (36.5%)

68.9 (14.3)

 Unsure

181 (16.1%)

92 (20.9%)

89 (13.0%)

68.7 (15.7)

Diagnosis Status (N = 1125)

0.410

F = 4.04, p = .018

 First Diagnosis

680 (60.4%)

271 (61.6%)

409 (59.7%)

70.6 (14.4)

 Progress

331 (29.4%)

131 (29.8%)

200 (29.2%)

67.9 (14.0)

 Recurrence

114 (10.1%)

38 (8.64%)

76 (11.1%)

69.5 (13.5)

Metastases (N = 1048)

0.205

T = 1.91, p = .056

 No

577 (55.1%)

218 (52.5%)

3659 (56.7%)

70.5 (14.4)

 Yes

471 (44.9%)

197 (47.5%)

274 (43.3%)

68.8 (15.2)