Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients.
| Characteristics | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Male | 69 | 59.6 |
| Female | 47 | 40.4 |
| Age | ||
| <36 | 48 | 41 |
| 36–50 | 24 | 21 |
| >50 | 44 | 38 |
| Familial situation | ||
| Married | 66 | 57 |
| Unmarried | 50 | 43 |
| Educational level | ||
| None | 48 | 41 |
| Medium | 53 | 46 |
| High | 15 | 13 |
| Socio-economic level | ||
| Low | 64 | 55 |
| Medium/high | 52 | 45 |
| Diagnosis | ||
| leukemia | 90 | 77.6 |
| Lymphoma | 17 | 14.6 |
| Multiple myeloma | 7 | 6 |
| Other hematologic cancers | 2 | 1.8 |
| Main symptom | ||
| Adenopathy | 51 | 44 |
| Asthenia | 36 | 31 |
| Pain | 15 | 13 |
| Other | 14 | 12 |
| Familial support | ||
| Oui | 88 | 75.9 |
| Non | 28 | 24.1 |
| Patient prognosis estimation | ||
| Curable | 76.8 | 80 |
| Incurable | 23.2 | 20 |
IV: intravenous.