Table 1. Demographic and medical information of the sample (n = 253).
| Characteristic | n (%) |
| Demographic information | |
| Age (years) | |
| Mean (SD) | 48.81 (11.96) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 181 (72) |
| Female | 72 (28) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 26(10) |
| Married/Cohabited | 209(83) |
| Divorced/Separated | 8(3) |
| Widowed | 10(4) |
| Education level | |
| No formal education | 36 (14) |
| Primary education | 96 (38) |
| Secondary education | 95 (38) |
| Tertiary education | 25 (10) |
| Family household income (per month)1 | |
| ≤HK$ 10,000 | 77 (30) |
| 10,001–20,000 | 88(35) |
| 20,001–30,000 | 27(11) |
| 30,001–40,000 | 18(7) |
| Above 40,000 | 17(7) |
| Do not know | 23(9) |
| No income | 3(1) |
| Occupation | |
| Full-time employment | 141(56) |
| Part-time employment | 6 (2) |
| Retired/Housewife | 75 (30) |
| Unemployed | 30(12) |
| Years of Hong Kong residency | |
| ≤7 | 7 (3) |
| >7 | 246 (97) |
| Medical information | |
| Cancer stage at diagnosis | |
| I | 17 (7) |
| II | 82(34) |
| III | 114(47) |
| IV | 23(10) |
| V | 5(2) |
| Recurrence after baseline | |
| Yes | 27(11) |
| No | 219(89) |
| Treatment between baseline and FU1 | |
| Yes | 223(96) |
| No | 10 (4) |
| Treatment between FU1 and FU2 | |
| Yes | 38(18) |
| No | 177 (82) |
SD: Standard deviation; FUI: Follow-up 1 (conducted 4 months after baseline); FU2: Follow-up 2 (conducted at 8 months after baseline).
1 $1 U.S. = $7.8 HK.