Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population (n = 60)
Adult childhood cancer survivors | |
Gender, women, n (%) | 30 (50) |
Age at diagnosis, years, median (min-max) | 6 (0–17) |
Age at study inclusion, years, median (min-max) | 28 (18–54) |
Years since cancer treatment, median (min-max) | 19 (2–49) |
Highest level of education n (%) | |
Not completed upper secondary school | 2 (3.3) |
Completed upper secondary school or Higher Vocational Education | 31 (51.7) |
University degree | 27 (45) |
Work situtation n (%) | |
Employed | 42 (70) |
Studying | 12 (20) |
Long-term sick leave | 4 (6.6) |
Other | 2 (3.3) |
Home situation n (%) | |
Married/co-habitation | 29 (48.3) |
Living alone | 29 (48.4) |
Living with parents | 2 (3.3) |
Living n (%) | |
Rural area | 6 (10) |
Small town | 33 (55) |
Larger city | 21 (35) |
Diagnosis n (%) | |
Leukemia (ALL, AML, CML) | 28 (46.7) |
Lymphoma (HL, NHL) | 11 (18.3) |
Sarcoma (bone or soft tissue) | 10 (16.7) |
CNS tumor (malignant brain tumor, spinal tumor) | 6 (10) |
Other (Neuroblastoma, Juvenile angiofibroma, Retinoblastoma, Wilms tumor) | 5 (8.3) |
Treatment n (%) | |
Chemotherapy | 57 (95) |
Surgery | 21 (35) |
Radiation | 32 (53.3) |
Have received advice about Physical activity n (%)* | |
No | 36 (60) |