Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics.
| Patients’ Characteristics | No of Patients (%), N = 105 |
|---|---|
| Median age (range) (year) | 66.5 (48–86) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 74 (70.48) |
| Female | 31 (29.52) |
| Life environment | |
| Urban | 57 (54.29) |
| Rural | 48 (45.71) |
| Type of hospitalization | |
| Day care | 76 (72.38) |
| Continuous care | 29 (27.62) |
| Studies | |
| Elementary school | 45 (42.86) |
| High school | 57 (54.29) |
| University | 3 (2.85) |
| ECOG Performance status | |
| ECOG = 0–2 | 45 (42.86) |
| ECOG = 3–4 | 60 (57.14) |
| Treatment type | |
| Chemotherapy | 39 (37.5) |
| Palliative treatment | 23 (22.12) |
| Immunotherapy | 30 (28.82) |
| Tyrosine kinase | 4 (3.85) |
| Radiotherapy | 8 (7.69) |