Table 2. Relationship between demographic variables, spiritual well-being, and the meaning of life in patients with brain tumors.

SD: standard deviation; P-value: the probability value indicating the significance of the results. * Statistically significant p-value < 0.05.

Variable		Spiritual well-being, Mean (SD)	P-value	Meaning of life, Mean (SD)	P-value
Gender	Male	46 (14)	0.68	41 (5)	<0.01*
	Female	46 (12)		46 (5)
Educational level	Illiterate	66 (10)	<0.01*	35 (1)	<0.01*
	Primary education	46 (11)		45 (3)
	Secondary education	48 (9)		45 (2)
	High education	42 (14)		41 (6)
Marital status	Single	46 (1)	<0.01*	28 (1)	<0.01*
	Married	44 (15)		43 (4)
	Widowed	55 (5)		43 (5)
Monthly income	Less than 3,000	49 (6)	<0.01*	43 (5)	<0.01*
	3,000 – 5,000	57 (11)		37 (8)
	5,000 – 10,000	42 (12)		44 (6)
	More than 10,000	42 (16)		42 (2)
Having chronic medical conditions	Yes	44 (14)	0.16	42 (4)	0.6
	No	52 (12)		42 (8)
Type of brain tumor	Primary tumor	46 (13)	0.44	44 (4)	<0.01*
	Secondary tumor	47 (16)		38 (6)
Tumor stage	First stage	51 (8)	<0.01*	42 (4)	0.3
	Second stage	54 (18)		40 (5)
	Third stage	37 (9)		42 (2)
	Unknown stage	43 (14)		42 (6)
Duration since diagnosis	Less than 6 months	44 (10)	0.44	43 (5)	<0.01*
	6 months – 1 year	45 (17)		39 (7)
	1 year – 3 years	48 (6)		44 (3)
	More than 3 years	49 (20)		41 (1)