“What matters to you?” A longitudinal qualitative study of Norwegian patients’ perspectives on their pathways with colorectal cancer

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Table I. Demographics, cancer stage and biomedical treatment of the participants in the PATH study.

Characteristics	Number of participants (n = 10)
Gender
Female	5
Male	5
Age
Unknown	1
25–44 years	0
45–65 years	6
> 65 years	3
Education
Secondary education	3
High school or equivalent	2
Trade/Vocational diploma	3
Bachelor degree	0
Master’s/Professional degree	2
Marital status
Married or living with a partner	7
Not married	3
Living
Alone	3
With children
With spouse/partner	5
With spouse/partner and children	2
Work
Unknown	1
Employed part time	1
Self-employed	2
Unemployed	0
Retired	1
Disability/income	3
Colorectal cancer stage, TNM
Stage 1	3
Stage 2a-b	3
Stage 3a-c	4
Treatment
Preoperative radiotherapy	5
Surgical treatment:
Biopsy only	1
Bowel resection and re-anastomosis	7
Bowel resection with permanent stomy	2
Post-operative chemotherapy	7

*One of the participants withdrew from participation in the project after the baseline interview.