Table 2. Patients’ and caregivers’ knowledge about disease status and prognosis.
| Participants | Site of disease – number (%) | Stage of disease – number (%) | Prognosis – number (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded | Concordance with data | Recorded | Concordance with data | Recorded | Concordance with data | |
| Patients | ||||||
| 102 (85) | 26 (21.6) | 31 (25.83) | 16 (13.33) | 66 (55) | 12 (10) | |
| Sex of patients | ||||||
| Male | 45 (37.50) | 18 (18.62) | 21 (17.5) | 11 (9.16) | 36 (30) | 4 (3.33) |
| Female | 57 (47.50) | 8 (7.84) | 10 (8.33) | 5 (4.16) | 30 (25) | 8 (6.66) |
| p-value | 0.001 | 1.000 | 0.103 | |||
| Education of patients | ||||||
| Not literate | 70 (58.33) | 4 (3.33) | 11 (9.16) | 0 (0) | 39 (32.5) | 0 (0) |
| Literate and above | 32 (26.65) | 22 (18.32) | 20 (16.65) | 16 (13.33) | 27 (22.49) | 12(10) |
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Primary language of patients | ||||||
| Nepali | 91 (75.83) | 22 (18.33) | 26 (21.66) | 13 (10.83) | 5 (46.66) | 11 (9.16) |
| Others | 11 (9.16) | 4 (3.33) | 5 (4.16) | 3 (2.5) | 10 (8.33) | 1 (0.83) |
| p-value | 0.381 | 1.000 | 0.675 | |||
| Caregivers | ||||||
| 110 (91.66) | 74 (61.66) | 74 (61.66) | 48 (40) | 56 (46.66) | 46 (38.33) | |
| Sex of caregivers | ||||||
| Male | 53 (44.16) | 46 (38.33) | 39 (32.5) | 25 (20.83) | 30 (25) | 23 (19.16) |
| Female | 57 (47.5) | 28 (23.33) | 35 (29.16) | 23 (19.16) | 26 (21.66) | 23 (19.16) |
| p-value | <0.001 | 0.885 | 0.310 | |||
| Education of caregivers | ||||||
| Below bachelors level | 102 (85) | 66 (55) | 67 (55.83) | 42 (35) | 48 (40) | 39 (32.5) |
| Bachelor level and above | 8 (6.66) | 8 (6.66) | 7 (5.83) | 6 (5) | 8 (6.66) | 7 (5.83) |
| p-value | 0.051 | 0.410 | 1.000 | |||
| Primary language of caregivers | ||||||
| Nepali | 96 (80) | 68 (56.66) | 64 (53.33) | 41 (34.16) | 46 (38.33) | 43 (35.83) |
| Others | 14 (11.66) | 6 (5) | 10 (8.33) | 7 (5.83) | 10 (8.33) | 3 (2.5) |
| p-value | 0.064 | 1.000 | 0.001 | |||