Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics (categorical variables)
| Characteristics | Adjuvant chemotherapy | Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | N | % | ||
| Nationality | |||||||
| Portuguese | 25 | 100.00 | 22 | 88.00 | 47 | 94.00 | |
| Brazilian | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.00 | 2 | 4.00 | |
| Angolan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 2.00 | |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 1 | 4.00 | 3 | 12.00 | 4 | 8.00 | |
| Married | 20 | 80.00 | 11 | 44.00 | 31 | 62.00 | |
| Non-marital partnership | 2 | 8.00 | 2 | 8.00 | 4 | 8.00 | |
| Divorced | 1 | 4.00 | 7 | 28.00 | 8 | 16.00 | |
| Widowed | 1 | 4.00 | 2 | 8.00 | 3 | 6.00 | |
| Education level | |||||||
| 1st -6th years | 7 | 28.00 | 8 | 32.00 | 15 | 30.00 | |
| 7th -11th years | 7 | 28.00 | 5 | 20.00 | 12 | 24.00 | |
| 12th year | 4 | 16.00 | 4 | 16.00 | 8 | 16.00 | |
| University degree | 7 | 28.00 | 8 | 32.00 | 15 | 30.00 | |
| Employment status | |||||||
| Employed | 15 | 60.00 | 16 | 64.00 | 31 | 62.00 | |
| Unemployed | 6 | 24.00 | 8 | 32.00 | 14 | 28.00 | |
| Retired | 4 | 16.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 5 | 10.00 | |
| Family history of cancer | |||||||
| Yes | 21 | 84.00 | 16 | 64.00 | 37 | 74.00 | |
| No | 4 | 16.00 | 9 | 36.00 | 13 | 26.00 | |
Note. N = 50; n = 25 for each group.