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Table 1 AdvSM and ISM demographic and health characteristics: concept elicitation and cognitive briefing interviews

From: Development of symptom-focused outcome measures for advanced and indolent systemic mastocytosis: the AdvSM-SAF and ISM-SAF©

 

AdvSM patients

ISM patients

CE interviews Total (N = 12) n (%)*

CD interviews Total (N = 13) n (%)*

CE interviews Total (N = 15) n (%)*

CD interviews Total (N = 10) n (%)*

Age (years)

Range

38.9–77.5

49.8–82.6

26.7–69.0

29.4–56.7

Mean (standard deviation [SD])

62.1 (12.9)

68.7 (10.9)

48.3 (14.2)

45.0 (10.0)

Gender

Female

7 (58.3%)

7 (53.8%)

14 (93.3%)

8 (80.0%)

Male

5 (41.7%)

6 (46.2%)

1 (6.7%)

2 (20.0%)

Race

White

7 (58.3%)

12 (92.3%)

14 (93.3%)

10 (100.0%)

Not answered

4 (33.3%)

0 (0.0%)

Asian

1 (8.3%)

0 (0.0%)

American Indian or Alaska Native

0 (0.0%)

1 (7.7%)

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Ethnicity

Data not collected in Germany

7 (58.3%)

7 (53.8%)

No, not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino

4 (33.3%)

5 (38.5%)

13 (86.7%)

10 (100.0%)

Yes, Puerto Rican

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Not answered

1 (8.3%)

1 (7.7%)

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Highest level of education

High school diploma (or GED) or less

3 (25.0%)

1 (7.7%)

2 (13.3%)

2 (20.0%)

Some college or certificate program

4 (33.3%)

7 (53.8%)

3 (20.0%)

2 (20.0%)

College or university degree (two- or four-year)

2 (16.7%)

4 (30.8%)

8 (53.3%)

3 (30.0%)

Graduate degree

3 (25.0%)

1 (7.7%)

1 (6.7%)

3 (30.0%)

Other

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Work status

    

Retired

6 (50.0%)

9 (69.2%)

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

On disability

3 (25.0%)

2 (15.4%)

7 (46.7%)

3 (30.0%)

Working part-time

3 (25.0%)

2 (15.4%)

3 (20.0%)

2 (20.0%)

Working full-time

1 (8.3%)

1 (7.7%)

3 (20.0%)

4 (40.0%)

Homemaker

2 (13.3%)

0 (0.0%)

Student

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Unemployed

0 (0.0%)

1 (10.0%)

Type of systemic mastocytosis

AHN

6 (50.0%)

8 (61.5%)

ASM

3 (25.0%)

2 (15.4%)

MCL

3 (25.0%)

3 (23.1%)

ISM

13 (81.3%)

10 (100.0%)

SSM

3 (18.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Time since diagnosis (years)

Range

0.2–3.8

0.1–8.4

0.3–18.1

Mean (SD)

0.7 (1.0)

0.7 (2.6)

4.3 (4.1)

Other health conditions (participant-reported)

Heart disease

2 (16.7%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

High blood pressure

2 (16.7%)

4 (30.8%)

2 (13.3%)

2 (20.0%)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

0 (0.0%)

3 (23.1%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (10.0%)

High cholesterol

2 (16.7%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (13.3%)

0 (0.0%)

Asthma

2 (13.3%)

1 (10.0%)

Fibromyalgia

2 (13.3%)

2 (20.0%)

Liver disease

2 (16.7%)

1 (7.7%)

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Kidney disorder

1 (6.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Thyroid disease

2 (16.7%)

2 (15.4%)

3 (20.0%)

1 (10.0%)

Depression/anxiety

1 (8.3%)

2 (15.4%)

8 (53.3%)

7 (70.0%)

Migraine headaches

4 (26.7%)

0 (0.0%)

Cancer

1 (8.3%)

1 (7.7%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (20.0%)

Stomach/intestinal disorder

1 (8.3%)

1 (7.7%)

3 (20.0%)

4 (40.0%)

None

2 (16.7%)

2 (15.4%)

3 (20.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Other

2 (16.7%)

3 (23.1%)

5 (33.3%)

3 (30.0%)

Not answered

1 (8.3%)

1 (7.7%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (10.0%)

Treatments (current and past)‡;§

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Current: 6 (50.0%)

Past: 3 (25.0%)

Current: 6 (46.2%)

Historical: 3 (23.1%)

Current: 3 (18.8%)

Past: 1 (6.3%)

Current: 1 (10.0%)

H1 antagonists

Current: 5 (41.7%)

Past: 2 (16.7%)

Current: 4 (30.8%)

Historical: 3 (23.1%)

Current: 16 (100.0%)

Past: 3 (18.8%)

Current: 7 (70.0%)

Past: 2 (20.0%)

Corticosteroids

Current: 5 (41.7%)

Past: 1 (8.3%)

Current: 3 (23.1%)

Historical: 2 (15.4%)

Current: 2 (12.5%)

Past: 4 (25.0%)

Current: 1 (10.0%)

Past: 6 (60.0%)

Proton pump inhibitor

Current: 5 (41.7%)

Current: 5 (38.5%)

Current: 3 (18.8%)

Past: 1 (6.3%)

Current: 2 (20.0%)

Past: 1 (10.0%)

H2 antagonists

Current: 4 (33.3%)

Past: 1 (8.3%)

Current: 5 (38.5%)

Historical: 1 (7.7%)

Current: 14 (87.5%)

Past: 0 (0.0%)

Current: 6 (60.0%)

Past: 2 (20.0%)

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Current: 4 (33.3%)

Current: 4 (30.8%)

Current: 3 (18.8%)

Past: 0 (0.0%)

Current: 3 (30.0%)

Past: 1 (10.0%)

Cytokine/immunomodulatory drugs

Current: 2 (16.7%)

Past: 1 (8.3%)

Current: 1 (7.7%)

Historical: 1 (7.7%)

Current: 2 (12.5%)

Past: 3 (18.8%)

Past: 2 (20.0%)

Beta-adrenergic agonists

Current: 1 (8.3%)

Current: 3 (18.8%)

Past: 0 (0.0%)

Current: 3 (30.0%)

Past: 1 (10.0%)

Anti-IgE

Current: 0 (0.0%)

Past: 1 (6.3%)

Cannabis

Current: 1 (8.3%)

Aldactone®

Current: 1 (8.3%)

Zofran®

Current: 1 (8.3%)

Tramadol

Current: 1 (8.3%)

Zaditor®

Current: 1 (8.3%)

Hydroxycarbamide

Current: 1 (8.3%)

Zoledronate

Current: 1 (8.3%)

Purine nucleoside analogues

Current: 0 (0.0%)

Past: 2 (16.7%)

Historical: 3 (23.1%)

Current: 0 (0.0%)

Past: 1 (6.3%)

Leukotriene antagonist

Current: 1 (7.7%)

Current: 7 (43.8%)

Past: 0 (0.0%)

Current: 3 (30.0%)

Other

Current: 6 (46.2%)

Current: 2 (12.5%)

Past: 4 (25.0%)

Current: 8 (80.0%)

Past: 2 (20.0%)

  1. *Unless otherwise noted
  2. Demographic data were not collected for one participant
  3. Not mutually exclusive
  4. §Counts are not provided for past treatments if these were not reported by any respondents and/or clinicians