Table 5.
Statistical correlations between the place of residence and recieved answers or characteristic.
| Place of residence | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital | Provincial town | Village | ||
| Fear of breast cancer | 0.687 (Chi-square) | |||
| Slightly | 120 (56.1%) | 79 (63.2%) | 22 (48.9%) | |
| Moderate | 72 (33.6%) | 39 (31.2%) | 7 (15.6%) | |
| Severe | 22 (10.3%) | 7 (5.6%) | 16 (35.6%) | |
| Main source of the fear | 101 (52.1%) | 51 (49%) | 53 (41.1%) | 0.23 (Chi-square) |
| Self-esteem | 32 (16.5%) | 22 (21.2%) | 23 (17.8%) | |
| Environment | 61 (31.4%) | 31 (29.8%) | 53 (41.1%) | |
| Both | ||||
| Environment | 31 (23.3%) | 26 (36.1%) | 26 (29.6%) | 0.003 * (Chi-square) |
| Family | 54 (40.6%) | 11 (15.3%) | 34 (38.6%) | |
| Friends | 48 (36.1%) | 35 (48.6%) | 28 (31.8%) | |
| Workplace | ||||
| Desire of breast reconstruction | 0.296 (Chi-square) | |||
| Yes | 101 (43.7%) | 63 (53.89%) | 64 (42.1%) | |
| Maybe | 53 (22.9%) | 19 (16.2%) | 37 (24.3%) | |
| No | 77 (33.3%) | 35 (29.9%) | 51 (33.6%) | |
| Time of breast reconsctruction | 48 (30.8%) | 36 (41.9%) | 30 (28.9%) | 0.182 (Chi-square) |
| Immediate | 59 (37.8%) | 21 (24.4%) | 37 (35.6%) | |
| Delayed (6 m) | 49 (31.4%) | 29 (33.7%) | 37 (35.6%) | |
| Delayed (years) | ||||
| Willingness to undertake multiple reconstructive surgeries | 0.164 (Chi-square) | |||
| Yes | 75 (33.2%) | 49 (43.8%) | 54 (37.5%) | |
| No | 151 (66.8%) | 63 (56.3%) | 90 (62.5%) | |
| The anticipated influence of breast reconstruction on sexual life | 5.6×10−7* (Chi-square) | |||
| Yes | 34 (34.3%) | 27 (39.1%) | 21 (21.2%) | |
| Maybe | 56 (56.6%) | 28 (40.6%) | 35 (35.4%) | |
| No | 9 (9.1%) | 14 (20.3%) | 43 (43.4%) | |
| Breast reconstruction is an integral part of complete recovery | 0.133 (Chi-square) | |||
| Yes | 74 (32%) | 46 (39.3%) | 39 (25.7%) | |
| Not definitely | 103 (44.6%) | 50 (42.7%) | 70 (46.1%) | |
| No | 54 (23.4%) | 21 (19%) | 43 (28.3%) | |
| Source of information about breast reconstruction | 0.083 (Chi-square) | |||
| Fellow patient | 25 (12.6%) | 12 (11.7%) | 29 (24%) | |
| Internet | 40 (20.2%) | 19 (18.5%) | 17 (14.1%) | |
| Surgeon | 93 (47%) | 55 (53.4%) | 51 (42.2%) | |
| Other | 40 (20.2%) | 17 (16.5%) | 24 (19.7%) | |
| Knowledge on breast reconstruction | 3.7×10−4* (Chi-square) | |||
| Nothing/little | 196 (84.9%) | 95 (81.2%) | 146 (96.1%) | |
| Enough/much | 35 (15.1%) | 22 (18.8%) | 6 (3.9%) | |
| Marital status | 0.027* (Chi-square) | |||
| Unmarried | 15 (6.5%) | 8 (6.8%) | 10 (6.6%) | |
| Married | 114 (49.4%) | 53 (45.3%) | 77 (50.6%) | |
| Divorcee | 53 (22.9%) | 22 (18.8%) | 15 (9.9%) | |
| Widow | 49 (21.2%) | 34 (29.1%) | 50 (32.9%) | |
| Educational level | 1.5×10−10* (Chi-square) | |||
| Primary school | 27 (11.7%) | 23 (19.7%) | 63 (41.4%) | |
| Socndary school | 116 (50.2%) | 61 (52.1%) | 62 (40.8%) | |
| University degree | 88 (38.1%) | 33 (28.2%) | 27 (17.8%) | |
| Employment status | 0.016* (Chi-square) | |||
| Intellectual worker | 85 (37.1%) | 42 (35.9%) | 645 (29.6%) | |
| Manual worker | 27 (11.8%) | 24 (20.5%) | 38 (25%) | |
| Pensioner | 117 (51.1%) | 51 (43.6%) | 69 (45.4%) | |
*
Marked as significant.