Table 4.
Univariate analysis of potential categories of fatigue-related symptom clusters (N = 234).
| Items | Class1 (n = 14) |
Class2 (n = 160) |
Class3 (n = 60) |
χ2/F | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years, ± s) | 65.86 ± 14.16 | 56.03 ± 9.71 | 50.52 ± 9.79 | 14.982 | 0.000 |
| BMI ( ± s) | 21.68 ± 1.93 | 22.81 ± 3.07 | 22.70 ± 3.35 | 0.839 | 0.433 |
| Hemoglobin (g/L, ± s) | 98.86 ± 13.03 | 103.06 ± 12.08 | 113.33 ± 11.57 | 17.960 | 0.000 |
| White blood cell count ( × 109/L, ‾x ± s) | 3.01 ± 1.13 | 3.14 ± 0.54 | 3.41 ± 0.42 | 5.935 | 0.003 |
| Education level [n (%)] | 8.232 | 0.083 | |||
| Below high school | 13 (92.9) | 128 (80) | 39 (65) | ||
| High school | 0 | 16 (10) | 9 (15) | ||
| College and above | 1 (7.1) | 16 (10) | 12 (20) | ||
| Marital Status [n (%)] | 11.302 | 0.079 | |||
| Unmarried | 1 (7.1) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (1.7) | ||
| Married | 12 (85.8) | 147 (91.9) | 57 (95) | ||
| Divorce | 0 | 1 (0.6) | 2 (3.3) | ||
| Widowed | 1 (7.1) | 11 (6.9) | 0 | ||
| Births [n (%)] | 6.627 | 0.357 | |||
| None | 1 (7.1) | 3 (1.9) | 1 (1.7) | ||
| One | 0 | 15 (9.4) | 8 (13.3) | ||
| Two | 7 (50) | 87 (54.4) | 37 (61.7) | ||
| Three or more | 6 (42.9) | 55 (34.4) | 14 (23.3) | ||
| Occupation [n (%)] | 24.820 | 0.000 | |||
| Farmer | 1 (7.1) | 49 (30.6) | 20 (33.4) | ||
| Self-employed | 1 (7.1) | 17 (10.6) | 14 (23.3) | ||
| Staff | 0 | 14 (8.8) | 11 (18.3) | ||
| Unemployed | 8 (57.2) | 29 (18.1) | 4 (6.7) | ||
| Other | 4 (28.6) | 51 (31.9) | 11 (18.3) | ||
| Monthly household income per capita [n (%)] | 7.590 | 0.108 | |||
| ＜2000 RMB | 3 (21.4) | 77 (48.1) | 26 (43.3) | ||
| 2000–3000 RMB | 9 (64.3) | 67 (41.9) | 22 (36.7) | ||
| ＞3000 RMB | 2 (14.3) | 16 (10) | 12 (20) | ||
| Medical insurance type [n (%)] | 8.451 | 0.207 | |||
| Villagers' medical insurance | 8 (57.2) | 94 (58.8) | 27 (45) | ||
| Residents' medical insurance | 3 (21.4) | 45 (28.1) | 21 (35) | ||
| Staff’s medical insurance | 2 (14.3) | 18 (11.3) | 12 (20) | ||
| Self-payor | 1 (7.1) | 3 (1.9) | 0 | ||
| Primary caregiver [n (%)] | 2.110 | 0.348 | |||
| Spouses | 3 (21.4) | 52 (32.5) | 24 (40) | ||
| Other relatives | 11 (78.6) | 108 (67.5) | 36 (60) | ||
| Pathological type [n (%)] | 3.383 | 0.184 | |||
| Squamous carcinoma | 12 (85.7) | 129 (80.6) | 42 (70) | ||
| Adenocarcinoma and others | 2 (14.3) | 31 (19.4) | 18 (30) | ||
| Tumor stage [n (%)] | 81.990 | 0.000 | |||
| I—IIa2 | 2 (14.3) | 35 (21.8) | 52 (86.7) | ||
| IIb | 4 (28.6) | 30 (18.8) | 2 (3.3) | ||
| IIIa-IIIc2 | 8 (57.1) | 95 (59.4) | 6 (10) | ||
| Complications [n (%)] | 76.074 | 0.000 | |||
| Yes | 12 (85.7) | 153 (95.6) | 27 (45) | ||
| No | 2 (14.3) | 7 (4.4) | 33 (55) |