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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: The Patient Deficit Model Overturned: a qualitative study of patients' perceptions of invitation to participate in a randomized controlled trial comparing selective bladder preservation against surgery in muscle invasive bladder cancer (SPARE, CRUK/07/011)

 

Accepters (n = 12)

Decliners (n = 10)

Accepters/Decliners (n = 2)

Mean age (yrs)

65 (SD 5.6)

71 (SD 5.7)

74 (SD 2.8)

No. males

11 (92%)

7 (70%)

1

Married/Cohabiting

11 (92%)

9 (90%)

1

Upper socio-economic status

9 (75%)

9 (90%)

0

  1. Socioeconomic status is defined according to Office of National Statistics (UK) categories: 1, 2, 3 NM = non-manual, skilled jobs (Upper Socio Economic Status); 3, 4, 5 M = manual, unskilled jobs. Retired and unemployed are categorized as “previous employment” or, when “no job,” are categorized by employment of head of household.