Table 1 Sociodemographic and medical characteristics of 3165 men with prostate cancer: frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation (SD), median, range

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

72.8 (7.2)

Median (Interquartile)

73 (10)

Missing

n = 24

0.8%

Range

41–95

Years since diagnosis (years)

Mean (SD)

6.9 (4.4)

Median (Interquartile)

6 (5)

Missing

n = 114

3.6%

Range

0–43

Quality of Life^a

Mean

6.9

Median

7

Quality of Life 0–6

n = 1112

35.7%

Quality of Life 7–10

n = 2006

64.3%

Missing

n = 47

1.5%

n

%^b

Marital status

Married/cohabiting

2525

8.0

Divorced

78

2.6

Widowed

182

6.1

Single

101

3.4

In a relationship

84

2.8

Missing

195

6.2

Education

Elementary school

1213

40.0

High school

886

29.2

University

937

30.9

Missing

129

4.1

PSA – latest value (ng/ml)

0–19

2336

73.8

20–99

473

14.9

100–999

267

8.4

1000–

89

2.8

Missing

0

0.0

Hormonal therapy

No

2556

81.8

Yes

609

19.2

Missing

0

0.0

Distress

Never

1455

46.6

Sometimes

1468

47.0

Often

166

5.3

Always

31

1.0

Missing

45

1.4