Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data of sample
| Mean age | 61.17 (range:19–88) |
| Male to female ratio | 58/62 |
| N(%) | |
| Marital status | |
| Married or living with partner | 74(62%) |
| Widowed but living with their children | 43(36%) |
| Illiterate | 3(2%) |
| Education | |
| Elementary school | 40(30%) |
| High school | 42(35%) |
| University | 38(32%) |
| Types of cancer | |
| Lung | 32(27%) |
| Gastrointestinal | 25(21%) |
| Breast | 17(14%) |
| Urinary track | 14(12%) |
| Prostate | 10(8%) |
| Head and neck | 4(3%) |
| Multiple myeloma | 2(2%) |
| Bone-Sarcoma | 2(2%) |
| Soft tissue sarcoma | 2(2%) |
| Glioblastoma Multiform | 2(2%) |
| Astrocyttoma | 2(2%) |
| Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | 2(2%) |
| Melanoma | 2(2%) |
| Cervical uteri | 2(2%) |
| Vulva | 1(1%) |
| Vagina | 1(1%) |
| ECOG status | |
| 0 | - |
| 1 | - |
| 2 | 39(32%) |
| 3 | 81(68%) |