Sociodemographic characteristics |
|
|
Age group in years |
|
|
18–45 |
87 |
16.6 |
46–60 |
219 |
41.7 |
61–75 |
194 |
37.0 |
>75 |
25 |
4.8 |
Gender |
|
|
Male |
293 |
55.8 |
Female |
232 |
44.2 |
Ethnicity |
|
|
Han majority |
426 |
81.1 |
Other ethnic minority groups |
99 |
18.9 |
Education level |
|
|
Junior high school and below |
338 |
64.4 |
High school education or equivalent |
102 |
19.4 |
College-level and above |
85 |
16.2 |
Relationship status |
|
|
Single/divorced/widowed |
39 |
7.4 |
Married |
486 |
92.6 |
Employment status |
|
|
Full-time |
138 |
26.3 |
Part-time/self-employed/unemployed/retired/students |
387 |
73.7 |
Characteristics of cancer |
|
|
Type of cancer |
|
|
Lung cancer |
109 |
20.8 |
Gastric cancer |
66 |
12.6 |
Liver cancer |
15 |
2.9 |
Breast cancer |
30 |
5.7 |
Colorectal cancer |
97 |
18.5 |
Esophageal cancer |
26 |
5.0 |
Ovarian cancer |
43 |
8.2 |
Other types of cancer |
139 |
26.5 |
Metastatic cancers |
|
|
No |
490 |
93.3 |
Yes |
35 |
6.7 |
Current treatment for cancer |
|
|
Untreated patients |
17 |
3.2 |
Chemotherapy only |
338 |
64.4 |
Radiotherapy only |
89 |
17.0 |
Immunotherapy only |
12 |
2.3 |
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy |
34 |
6.5 |
Immunotherapy and chemotherapy/radiotherapy |
15 |
2.9 |
Treatment completion |
20 |
3.8 |
Presence of other chronic diseases |
|
|
Diabetes mellitus |
30 |
5.7 |
Hypertension and/or hyperlipidemia |
73 |
13.9 |
Chronic cardiovascular diseases |
13 |
2.5 |
Chronic respiratory diseases |
4 |
0.8 |
Chronic liver and/or kidney diseases |
7 |
1.3 |
Other chronic diseases |
15 |
2.9 |