Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics and clinical outcomes (N=171)
| Characteristic/outcome | n (%) |
| Age (years) | |
| ≤39 | 21 (12.3) |
| 40–59 | 119 (69.6) |
| ≥60 | 31 (18.1) |
| Mean±SD | 50.3±10.9 |
| Median (range) | 50.0 (24.0–85.0) |
| Education level | |
| Illiterate | 38 (22.2) |
| School/diploma | 80 (46.8) |
| College/university | 53 (31.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 15 (8.8) |
| Married | 128 (74.9) |
| Widowed/divorced | 28 (16.3) |
| Employment | |
| Employed | 32 (18.7) |
| Unemployed | 130 (76.0) |
| Retired | 9 (5.3) |
| Have children | |
| No | 25 (14.6) |
| Yes | 146 (85.4) |
| Financial support | |
| Yes | 160 (93.6) |
| No | 11 (6.4) |
| Stage at diagnosis* | |
| I | 34 (22.2) |
| II | 39 (25.5) |
| III | 39 (25.5) |
| IV | 41 (26.8) |
| Metastatic cancer† | |
| Yes | 44 (28.9) |
| No | 108 (71.1) |
| Depressive symptoms | |
| Yes (HADS-D score: ≥8) | 29 (17.0) |
| No | 142 (83.0) |
| Anxiety symptoms | |
| Yes (HADS-A score: ≥8) | 37 (21.6) |
| No | 134 (78.4) |
*18 missing.
†19 missing.
HADS-A, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, anxiety subscale; HADS-D, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, depression subscale.