Table 1 Participant demographic and clinical characteristics
Participant pseudonym | Gender | Age1 | Highest education | Work status1 | Tumour | Trial intent | Length of time on clinical trial2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stage | Type | Years | Months | ||||||
Arthur | Male | 76 | University degree | Working | Metastatic | Melanoma | Palliative | 0 | 10 |
Bernard | Male | 61 | Industry certificate | Not working | Metastatic | Melanoma | Palliative | 1 | 0 |
Beverly | Female | 77 | ≥ Year 10 high school | Working | Locally advanced | Breast | Curative | 2 | 11 |
Carolyn | Female | 45 | University degree | Working | Locally advanced | Breast | Curative | 0 | 5 |
Clarence | Male | 69 | ≥ Year 10 high school | Not working | Locally advanced | Colorectal | Supportive care | 1 | 3 |
Gladys | Female | 69 | ≥ Year 10 high school | Not working | Locally advanced | Breast | Curative | 2 | 8 |
Joel | Male | 61 | Industry certificate | Working | Metastatic | Melanoma | Palliative | 1 | 3 |
Kathleen | Female | 61 | ≤ Year 10 high school | Not working | Locally advanced | Colorectal | Curative | 3 | 7 |
Metastatic | Colorectal | Palliative | 0 | 6 | |||||
Lena | Female | 61 | University degree | Working | Locally advanced | Colorectal | Curative | 0 | 3 |
Marilyn | Female | 57 | University degree | Working | Locally advanced | Colorectal | Curative | 1 | 10 |
Marion | Female | 77 | Industry certificate | Not working | Metastatic | Genitourinary | Palliative | 0 | 4 |
Perry | Male | 58 | ≥ Year 10 high school | Not working | Locally advanced | Lung | Curative | 1 | 5 |
Russell | Male | 52 | ≥ Year 10 high school | Not working | Metastatic | Colorectal | Palliative | 0 | 11 |
Sadie | Female | 69 | Industry certificate | Not working | Locally advanced | Breast | Curative | 0 | 4 |
Sidney | Male | 67 | ≥ Year 10 high school | Not working | Locally advanced | Colorectal | Curative | 4 | 2 |
Theresa | Female | 62 | ≥ Year 10 high school | Not working | Locally advanced | Breast | Curative | 2 | 8 |
Wilma | Female | 77 | Industry certificate | Not working | Locally advanced | Colorectal | Curative | 3 | 8 |