|
Characteristic
| |
Respondents (n = 100)
|
Drop-outsa (n = 25)
|
|---|
| |
Category
|
n
|
%
|
n
|
%
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
Marital status
| | | | | |
0.083b
|
| |
Married/cohabiting
|
87
|
87.0
|
19
|
21.8
| |
|
Living alone
|
13
|
13.0
|
6
|
3.3
| |
|
Children
| | | | | |
0.026b
|
| |
Yes
|
87
|
87.0
|
20
|
21.8
| |
|
No
|
13
|
13.0
|
5
|
3.3
| |
|
Educational status
| | | | | |
0.501c
|
| |
Primary school
|
11
|
11.0
|
1
|
2.8
| |
|
High school
|
39
|
39.0
|
11
|
9.8
| |
|
University
|
50
|
50.0
|
13
|
12.5
| |
|
Breast cancer or ovarian cancer
| | | | | |
0.451b
|
| |
Yes
|
26
|
26.0
|
5
|
6.5
| |
|
No
|
74
|
74.0
|
20
|
18.5
| |
|
FDR and/or SDR died due to BOC
| | | | | |
0.643b
|
| |
Yes
|
83
|
83.0
|
20
|
20.8
| |
|
No
|
17
|
17.0
|
5
|
4.3
| |
|
Loss of significant others
| | | | | |
0.785b
|
| |
Yes
|
64
|
64.0
|
15
|
16.0
| |
|
No
|
36
|
36.0
|
10
|
9.0
| |
| |
mean (SD)
| |
mean (SD)
| |
p-valued
|
|
Age, years
|
47.7 (12.6)
| |
39.9 (8.2)
| |
0.005
|
|
Years since received BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation result
|
5.0 (4.4)
| |
6.3 (3.9)
| |
0.182
|
|
HADS anxiety (range: 0–21)
|
6.1 (4.3)
| |
6.3 (3.8)
| |
0.814
|
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Abbreviations: FDR first degree relative, SDR second degree relative, BOC Breast or ovarian cancer, SD standard deviation, BRCA1 breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein, BRCA2 breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
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a Drop-outs are defined as having answered on baseline questionnaires and not on the follow-up
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b Fisher’s exact 2-sided mid-p value (calculated from output of chi-square test)
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c Chi-square 2-sided linear-by-linear association test
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d Independent samples t-test
