Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants. Botucatu, SP, Brazil, 2020.
| Variable | Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | ||
| Age (years) | ||||
| Median | 62.0 | 56.0 | 56.0 | |
| (p25–p75) | (52.2–69.0) | (41.2–67.0) | (45.0–64.0) | <0.011 1 |
| Time since diagnosis | ||||
| Median (months) | 23.0 | 16.5 | 4 | |
| (p25–p75) | 11–42.3 | 9–28.3 | 3–10 | p < 0.01 3 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 50 (50.0) | 54 (54.0) | 50 (50.0) | |
| Male | 50 (50.0) | 46 (46.0) | 50 (50.0) | 0.81 2 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Without partner | 36 (36.0) | 31 (31.0) | 29 (29.0) | |
| With partner | 64 (64.0) | 69 (69.0) | 71 (71.0) | 0.58 2 |
| Religion | ||||
| Catholic | 66 (66.0) | 59 (59.0) | 61 (61.0) | |
| Non-Catholic | 34 (34.0) | 41 (41.0) | 39 (39.0) | 0.56 2 |
| Schooling | ||||
| Illiterate/primary school | 78 (78) | 50 (50.0) | 55 (55.0) | |
| High school | 18 (18) | 34 (34.0) | 28 (28.0) | <0.01 3 |
| University | 4 (4) | 16 (16.0) | 17 (17.0) | |
| Household income * | ||||
| Less than 1 to 3× monthly minimum wage | 76 (76.0) | 59 (59.0) | 59 (59.0) | 0.05 4 |
| 4 to 10× monthly minimum wage | 20 (20.0) | 34 (34.0) | 40 (40.0) | |
| >10× monthly minimum wage | 4 (4.0) | 7 (7.0) | 1 (1.0) | |
| Primary diagnosis | ||||
| Hematological | 10 (10.0) | 23 (23.0) | 27 (27.0) | |
| Gastrointestinal | 19 (19.0) | 26 (26.0) | 21 (21.0) | |
| Breast | 16 (16.0) | 24 (24.0) | 33 (33.0) | <0.001 2 |
| Prostate | 12 (12.0) | 2 (2.0) | 3 (3.0) | |
| Genitourinary | 13 (13.0) | 7 (7.0) | 14 (14.0) | |
| Respiratory | 15 (15.0) | 5 (5.0) | 1 (1.0) | |
| Other | 15 (15.0) | 13 (13.0) | 1 (1.0) | |
1 ANOVA + post hoc Tukey; 2 chi-squared test; 3 Kruskal–Wallis + post hoc Dunn; 4 Kruskal–Wallis; * monthly minimum wage = BRL 1100 (USD 196).