Table 4 Sociodemographic and clinical variables
Adamowicz (2018) [29] | Asplund (2017) [36] | Färkkilä (2013) [28] | Färkkilä (2014) [27] | Jasinska (2010) [37] | Kim (2013) [38] | Koskinen (2019) [39] | Mayrbäurl (2016) [31] | Selby (2010) [40] | Stein (2014) [30] | Teker (2015) [26] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Education | No β | – | – | Yes μ (b) | – | No α | Yes μ (b) a | – | – | – | – |
Age | No β | – | Yesd, μ,α (c) | – | – | No α | Yes μ (c)a | – | No Ω | – | Noa β |
Sex | No β | – | – | Yes μ,α (b) | – | – | – | – | Yes Ω (c) | – | – |
Marital status | – | – | Yesd, α, (b) | Yes α (b) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Place of residence | No β | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Financial difficulties | – | – | Yesd, μ,α (c) | Yes α (c) | – | – | Yes μ (c)a | – | – | – | Noa β |
Stage | – | Yes α (c) | Yesd, μ,α (c) | – | – | – | Yes μ (c)a | – | – | Nod, α | Noa β |
Type of Chemotherapy /treatment | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | No Ω | – | Noa β |
Chemotherapy Line/ Duration of treatment | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Yes β (c) | YesΩ (c) No∑ | – | No β |
ECOG-score | Yes β (c) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | No Ω | – | – |
Targeted treatment | No β | – | Yes α, (c) | – | No π | – | – | – | No Ω | – | Noa β |
Smoking status | No β | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Response to treatment | Yes β (b) | – | – | – | – | – | – | Yes β (b) | – | – | – |
Oncology knowledge | Yes β (b) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Unconventional treatment | Yes β (c) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Out-of-pocket cost | – | – | – | – | – | – | Yes μ (c) a | – | – | – | – |
Total economic costs | – | – | – | – | – | – | Yes μ (c) a | – | – | – | – |
Comorbidities | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Noa β |
Depression | – | – | – | Yes α (c) | – | Yes α (c) | – | – | – | – | – |
Feeling of Coherence | – | Yes α (b) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Intrusive thoughts | – | Yes α (c) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Time from diagnosis | – | – | – | Yes μ (c) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Hospital stay | – | – | – | – | No π | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Awareness of terminal status | – | – | – | – | – | Yes α (c) | – | – | – | – | – |
Metastasis to lungs | – | – | – | – | – | No α | – | – | – | – | – |
Treatment at enrolment | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Nod | – |
Treatment at enrolment + stage | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Yesd (b) | – |