Exploring the characteristics and potential disparities of non-migrant and migrant colorectal cancer patients regarding their satisfaction and subjective perception of care – a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristic of the study population (total sample: n = 522)

	Non-migration background		Migration background
Mean Age^a ± SD	63.84 (11.66)		60.21 (11.68)
	n	%	n	%
Gende^b	n total = 437		n total = 85
Male	252	57.7	54	63.5
Female	185	42.3	31	36.5
Mother tongue^c:	n total = 437		n total = 85
German	463	99.5	28	33
Bilingual	0	0	32	37.6
Other than German	2	0.5	25	29.4
Occupation^d:	n total = 377		n total = 73
Unemployed	15	4.0	11	15
Non-academic employee	69	18.3	17	23.3
Academic employee	40	10.6	4	5.5
Retired	253	67.1	41	56.2
UICC stage^e:	n total 433		n total = 84
UICC 0	9	2.1	4	4.8
UICC I	119	27.5	28	33.3
UICC II	112	25.9	14	16.7
UICC III	108	24.9	29	34.5
UICC IV	85	19.6	9	10.7
In a current treatment*^f:	n total 436
Radiotherapy	15	3.4	2	2.4
Chemotherapy	58	13.3	6	7.1
Surgery	17	3.9	6	7.1
Other therapy¹	119	27.3	21	24.7
Actual current discomfort*^g:	n total 435
Nausea/vomiting	16	3.7	8	9.4
Weakness	80	18.4	24	28.2
Numbness/tingling	85	19.5	14	16.5
Pain	53	12.2	16	18.8
Dyspnoea	51	11.7	11	12.9
Skin anomaly	38	8.7	5	5.9
Compliance to follow up care^h:	n total 405		n total 79
Yes	359	88.6	59	74.7
No	46	11.4	20	25.3

n = number (varies due to missing values); UICC = Union for International Cancer Control; *multiple answers possible, ¹not further defined in the questionnaire
^at(520) = 2.620, p = 0.009
^bChi²(1) = 1.009,p = 0.315, Cramer’s V = 0.44, CC = 0.44
^cChi²(1) = 314.848, p < 0.001, Cramer’s V = 0.777, CC = 0.613. For the purpose of analysis answer options were dichotomized (German / other or bilingual)
^dChi²(1) = 16.581, p = 0.001, Cramer’s V = 0.192, CC = 0.189
^eChi²(1) = 0.013, p = 0.911, Cramer’s V = 0.005, CC = 0.005. For the purpose of analysis answer options were dichotomized (UICC 0-II/III-IV)
^fChi²(1) = 1.103, p = 0.294, Cramer’s V = 0.046, CC = 0.06. For the purpose of analysis answer options were dichotomized (yes/no)
^gChi²(1) = 0.051, p = 0.821, Cramer’s V = 0.010, CC = 0.010. For the purpose of analysis answer options were dichotomized (yes/no)
^hChi²(1) = 10.937, p = 0.001, Cramer’s V = 0.150, CC = 0.149

ISSN: 1472-6963