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. 2025 Jul 18;30(9):1692–1699. doi: 10.1007/s10147-025-02809-y

Table 1.

Characteristics of survey participants

Total Cancer patients Medical professionals Non-cancer volunteers
Number of people 1261 419 430 412
Age, median [range] 59 [40–89] 63 [40–89] 54 [40–77] 59 [40–88]
Gender, N (%)
 Male 654 (52) 213 (51) 236 (55) 205 (50)
 Female 607 (48) 206 (49) 194 (45) 207 (50)
Occupation, N (%)
 Medical doctor 220 (17) 10 (2) 210 (49) 0
 Nurse 168 (13) 13 (3) 155 (36) 0
 Pharmacist 61 (5) 10 (2) 51 (12) 0
 Clinical laboratory technician 16 (1) 2 (1) 14 (3) 0
 Others 796 (63) 384 (92) 0 412 (100)
Marital status, N (%)
 Married 884 (70) 306 (73) 311 (72) 267 (65)
 Unmarried 377 (30) 113 (27) 119 (28) 145 (35)
Number of children in family, N (%)
 0 786 (62) 290 (69) 229 (53) 267 (65)
 1 257 (20) 80 (19) 96 (22) 81 (20)
 2 146 (12) 38 (9) 61 (14) 47 (11)
 3 56 (4) 7 (2) 39 (9) 10 (2)
 4 or more 16 (1) 4 (1) 5 (1) 7 (2)
Region in Japan, N (%)
 Hokkaido 63 (5) 18 (4) 30 (7) 15 (4)
 Tohoku 96 (8) 35 (8) 34 (8) 27 (7)
 Northern Kanto 64 (5) 19 (5) 21 (5) 24 (6)
 Tokyo/Kanagawa/Chiba/Saitama 405 (32) 140 (33) 106 (25) 159 (39)
 Hokuriku 73 (6) 21 (5) 27 (6) 25 (6)
 Tokai 113 (9) 38 (9) 44 (10) 31 (8)
 Kinki 215 (17) 75 (18) 83 (19) 57 (14)
 Chugoku 76 (6) 26 (6) 19 (4) 31 (8)
 Shikoku 38 (3) 11 (3) 13 (3) 14 (3)
 Kyushu 118 (9) 36 (9) 53 (12) 29 (7)