|
Characteristics
|
English (N = 111)
|
Chinese (N = 109)
|
|---|
|
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
|
