Nurse-led group consultation intervention reduces depressive symptoms in men with localised prostate cancer: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Table 1 Patient demographic and clinical characteristics of consenters (by study arm) and decliners

	Consenters						P
	Usual care		Intervention		Decliners
	(N = 166)		(N = 165)		(N = 115)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Oncology facility							0.02
Site 1	70	42.2	70	42.4	64	55.7
Site 2	96	57.8	95	57.6	51	44.3
Age at baseline, years							0.30
Mean	67.6		67.2		68.1
Standard Deviation	6.7		6.9		7.9
Range	46–85		51–84		44–82
<65	54	32.5	56	33.9	32	27.8
≥65	112	67.5	109	66.1	83	72.2
Marital status
Married/defacto	136	81.9	127	77.0
Other	30	18.1	38	23.0
Location							0.14
Urban	136	81.9	136	82.4	101	87.8
Rural	30	18.1	29	17.6	13	11.3
Missing					1
Risk group (D’Amico, 1998)							0.16
Low	11	10.6	11	11.6	4	3.9
Intermediate	44	42.3	39	41.1	37	35.9
High	49	47.1	45	47.4	38	36.9
Scheduled treatment							0.29
Salvage EBRT	61	36.7	69	41.8	31	27.0
Brachytherapy followed by EBRT	8	4.8	9	5.5	8	7.0
EBRT followed by brachytherapy	5	3.0	3	1.8	1	0.9
EBRT alone	92	55.4	84	50.9	70	60.9
Previous treatment
Any previous treatment							0.60
No	39	23.5	34	20.6	28	24.3
Yes	127	76.5	131	79.4	87	75.7
Active surveillance							1.00
No	148	89.2	153	92.7	105	91.3
Yes	18	10.8	12	7.3	10	8.7
Prostatectomy							0.15
No	105	63.3	96	58.2	79	68.7
Yes	61	36.7	69	41.8	36	31.3
Androgen deprivation							0.49
No	113	68.1	116	70.3	75	65.2
Yes	53	31.9	49	29.7	40	34.8

P-value relates to comparison of consenters versus decliners. Other marital status includes never married, separated/divorced and widowed. Risk groups were designated for men who did not undergo surgery
EBRT external beam radiotherapy, TURP transurethral resection of the prostate

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