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NZCCS Cohort
Nonrespondents
Respondents
(n=396) (n=226) (n=170)
Age range 0 - 16 0 - 15
Time since diagnosis
Median 9.4 9.0 10.0 0.02
Surgery
No 188 47 100 44 88 52 0.14
Yes 208 53 126 54 82 48
Chemotherapy
No 45 11 24 11 21 12 0.59
Yes 351 89 202 89 149 88
Radiation
HSCT
No 295 74 165 73 130 76 0.43
Yes 101 26 61 27 40 24
No 357 90 206 91 151 89 0.44
Yes 39 10 20 9 19 11
p values test for differences between respondents and non-respondents. Chi-square was used for categorical
variables and Mann Whitney U for continuous variables (non normally distributed).
4.2 Research Question 1. Describe the Psychosocial Wellbeing of Childhood
Cancer Survivors
4.2.1 Wellbeing of Childhood Cancer Survivors (WHO-5)
One hundred and sixty nine childhood cancer survivors (CCS) answered the five
items that comprise the WHO-5 wellbeing scale (Cronbach’s α = 0.87). The WHO-5
score ranged from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 25 (possible range 0 to 25). As
figure 2 shows, the distribution was not normally distributed, with a negative skew
(Skew = -1.0, Kurtosis = 1.17, Kolmogorov-Smirnov = 0.10, p = .05). The mean score
was 18.25 and the median was 19. The majority (89%) of respondents reported good to
excellent wellbeing. Eighteen respondents (11%) scored below the threshold of 13,
indicating poor wellbeing.
P
40