Does migrant background predict to what extent colorectal cancer patients want to be informed about their life expectancy? – a cross-sectional analysis

Leonhardt, Marja; Aschenbrenner, Katja; Kreis, Martin E.; Lauscher, Johannes C.

doi:10.1186/s12939-019-1105-0

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 1 Description of the study sample by migrant background (total sample: n = 522)

From: Does migrant background predict to what extent colorectal cancer patients want to be informed about their life expectancy? – a cross-sectional analysis

	Non-migrant background n total = 437		Migrant background n total = 85		p-value
	n	%	n	%
Age					0.089*
< 50 years	54	12.4	17	20.0
50–59 years	86	19.7	22	25.9
60–69 years	144	33.0	24	28.2
70–79 years	130	29.6	21	24.7
≥ 80 years	23	5.3	1	1.2
Gender					0.315*
Male	252	57.7	54	63.5
Female	185	42.3	31	36.5
Generation					§
German	437	100	0	0
2nd generation	0	0	24	28.2
1st generation	0	0	61	71.8
Best spoken language					< 0.001*
German	435	99.5	28	33
German and other language	0	0	32	37.6
Other than German	2	0.5	25	29.4
UICC stage ^a					0.905^#
UICC 0-II	240	55.4	46	54.8
UICC III-IV	193	44.6	38	45.2
Positive family history for CRC					0.997*
Unknown	52	11.9	10	11.8
Yes	16	3.7	3	3.5
No	369	84.4	72	84.7
Chemotherapy					1.000^#
No	273	62.5	53	62.4
Yes	164	37.5	32	37.6
Radiotherapy					0.764*
No	355	81.2	68	80
Yes	82	18.8	17	20
RCT					0.874^#
No	364	83.3	70	82.4
Yes	73	16.7	15	17.6
German Procedure Classification (OPS)^b					0.854*
Hemicolectomy	160	47.6	31	47.7
Colectomy and proctocolectomy	12	3.6	2	3.1
Extended colon resection with resection of neighboring organs	27	8.0	6	9.2
Rectum resection with sphincter preservation	115	34.2	24	36.9
Rectum excision without sphincter conservation	22	6.5	2	3.1
Favored extent of information about life expectancy^c					0.041*
Exactly	260	62.1	54	64.3
Approximately	103	24.6	12	14.3
I don’t want to know it	56	13.4	18	21.4
Trust in the treating physician reg. Information about actual treatment plan^d					0.562*
Yes	365	89	78	91.8
No	45	11	7	8.2
Most important information^e					0.728*
Duration of hospitalization	39	10.4	8	10.8
Life expectancy	72	19.2	14	18.9
Adequate treatment received	81	21.6	14	18.9
Training of treating physician	6	1.6	1	1.4
No. of patients with same condition treated by physician	9	2.4	1	1.4
Alternative medication	15	4.0	0	0
Expectancy of following normal daily activities	14	3.7	3	4.1
More than one answer given	139	37.1	33	44.5

* chi-square test, ^# fisher s exact test, ^§ p-value not applicable, ^a N = 517, ^b N = 401, ^c N = 503, ^d N = 495, ^e N = 449

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