Characteristics | English (N = 111) | Chinese (N = 109) | ||
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N | % | N | % | |
Age, Mean (SD) | 59.8 (12.4) | 62.9 (11.2) | ||
Gender | ||||
Men | 55 | 49.5 | 53 | 48.6 |
Women | 56 | 50.5 | 56 | 51.4 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Chinese | 72 | 64.9 | 109 | 100 |
Malay | 27 | 24.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Indian | 8 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Other | 4 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 83 | 74.8 | 76 | 69.7 |
Single | 17 | 15.3 | 21 | 19.3 |
Divorced | 6 | 5.4 | 4 | 3.7 |
Widowed | 5 | 4.5 | 8 | 7.3 |
Education | ||||
No formal education | 3 | 2.7 | 9 | 8.3 |
Primary school | 13 | 11.7 | 42 | 38.5 |
Secondary school | 55 | 49.6 | 48 | 44.0 |
Post-secondary level | 40 | 36.0 | 9 | 8.3 |
Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.9 |
Primary cancer diagnosis | ||||
Digestive organs – colorectal | 33 | 29.7 | 40 | 36.7 |
Digestive organs – non-colorectal | 22 | 19.8 | 15 | 13.8 |
Lung | 18 | 16.2 | 25 | 22.9 |
Genitourinary tract | 13 | 11.7 | 13 | 11.9 |
Breast | 14 | 12.6 | 10 | 9.2 |
Other cancers | 10 | 9.0 | 6 | 5.5 |
Unknown/ missing | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mode of administration (baseline) | ||||
Interviewer-administered | 38 | 34.2 | 57 | 52.3 |
Self-completed | 63 | 56.8 | 48 | 44.0 |
Self-completed with help from others | 10 | 9.0 | 4 | 3.7 |
Setting (baseline) | ||||
Inpatient | 63 | 56.8 | 59 | 54.1 |
Outpatient | 48 | 43.2 | 50 | 45.9 |