Table 1.

Patient Characteristics.

Patient Characteristics		n	(%)
Gender	Woman	190	60.9
	Male	122	39.1
Age	43 years and below	83	26.6
	44-54 years	80	25.6
	55-64 years	83	26.6
	65 years and older	66	21.2
Marital status	Single	28	9.0
	Married	284	91.0
Residence	Countryside	156	50.0
	City	156	50.0
Cancer type a	Breast	96	30.8
	Lymphoid and Hematopoietic	47	15.1
	Digestive Organs	66	21.2
	Respiratory Organs	38	12.2
	Genital Organs	41	13.1
	Other types of cancer (thyroid, skin, bone, brain, etc.)	24	7.7
Cancer stage	Stage I	13	4,2
	Stage II	38	12,2
	Stage III	82	26.3
	Stage IV	179	57.4
Treatment type	Chemotherapy	282	90.4
	Other types of treatment (radiotherapy, bone drugs, etc.)	30	9.6
Physical health status	Bad	77	24.7
	Moderate	129	41.3
	Good	106	34.0
Service procurement type	Inpatient	100	32.1
	Outpatient	212	67.9

^aBased on the cancer classification of the National Cancer Institute of the USA, ⁴⁹ a classification was made according to the location of the cancer in the body. Cancers are categorized as digestive system (esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, etc.), lymphoid and hematopoietic (lymphoma, leukemia and multiple myeloma), breast cancer, respiratory (lung, pleura), genital cancer (uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, etc.) and other cancers (thyroid, skin, bone, brain, etc.).