Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics associated with cancer-related fatigue (CRF) among EC patients without esophagectomy
| Variables | N (%) | CRF (Mean±SD) | t/F | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.295 | 0.769 | ||
| Male | 92 (94.8) | 3.26±2.82 | ||
| Female | 5 (5.2) | 3.64±3.62 | ||
| Age | 3.740 | 0.027 | ||
| <60 | 30 (30.9) | 2.72±2.28b | ||
| 60–70 | 40 (41.2) | 4.19±3.18a | ||
| ≥70 | 27 (27.8) | 2.54±2.61b | ||
| Marital status | 0.260 | 0.796 | ||
| Married/cohabited | 84 (86.6) | 3.31±2.85 | ||
| Single or others | 13 (13.4) | 3.09±2.97 | ||
| Educational level | 0.596 | 0.553 | ||
| Primary school or under | 22 (22.7) | 3.85±2.98 | ||
| Middle school | 42 (43.3) | 3.16±2.73 | ||
| Senior high school or above | 33 (34.0) | 3.04±2.94 | ||
| Employment status | 0.725 | 0.487 | ||
| Full-time | 9 (9.3) | 2.60±2.42 | ||
| Part-time/unemployment | 25 (25.8) | 3.80±3.06 | ||
| Retire and others | 63 (64.9) | 3.16±2.82 | ||
| Monthly household income | 0.459 | 0.634 | ||
| <2, 000 | 35 (36.1) | 3.38±2.79 | ||
| 2, 000–3, 000 | 40 (41.2) | 3.47±2.88 | ||
| >3,000 | 22 (22.7) | 2.77±2.94 | ||
| Smoking | 0.732 | 0.466 | ||
| No | 20 (20.6) | 2.86±2.76 | ||
| Yes | 77 (79.4) | 3.39±2.88 | ||
| Alcohol consumption | 0.759 | 0.450 | ||
| No | 15 (15.5) | 2.76±2.93 | ||
| Yes | 82 (84.5) | 3.37±2.84 | ||
| Physical exercise (week) | 4.109 | 0.019 | ||
| 0 | 18 (18.6) | 4.87±3.14a | ||
| 1–2 | 17 (17.5) | 2.37±2.73b | ||
| ≥ 3 | 62 (63.9) | 3.06±2.65b | ||
| Lymph node metastasis | 0.661 | 0.729 | ||
| No | 55 (56.7) | 3.95±2.95 | ||
| Yes | 29 (29.9) | 2.69±2.66 | ||
| Missing | 13 (13.4) | 2.71±2.59 | ||
| Time since diagnosis | 3.362 | 0.039 | ||
| <1 year | 67 (69.1) | 2.79±2.42a | ||
| 1–2 years | 17 (17.5) | 4.19±3.42b | ||
| ≥2 years | 13 (13.4) | 4.58±3.56b | ||
| Family history | 0.192 | 0.826 | ||
| No | 69 (71.1) | 3.16±2.81 | ||
| Yes | 11 (11.3) | 3.60±3.07 | ||
| Unknown | 17 (17.5) | 3.54±3.02 |
a, b: Calculated by least-significant-difference (LSD), mean scores for CRF with unequal superscripts differ significantly at the p < 0.05 level
CRF, cancer-related fatigue; SD, standard deviation