Table 1.
Associations between Socio-demographic variables and quality of life of cancer patients at TASRH, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, March –May 2013
| Variable | Quality of Life | Adjusted | |||
| Affected N (%) |
Not-affected N(%) |
OR(95% CI) | P | ||
| Age n=388 | <40 | 120(34.5) | 18(45.0) | ||
| 40–49 | 79(22.7) | 7(17.5) | |||
| 50–59 | 82(23.6) | 9(22.5) | |||
| 60–69 | 53(15.2) | 6(15) | |||
| 70+ | 14(4.0) | 0 | |||
| Sex | Male | 117(33.6) | 20(50) | 1.90(0.69,5.24) | 0.22 |
| Female | 231(66.4) | 20(50) | 1.00 | ||
|
Average monthly Income in Birr(Ethiopian currency) n=388 |
<300 | 160(46.0) | 12(30.0) | 0.90(0.09,9.38) | 0.93 |
| 300–600 | 22(6.3) | 5(12.5) | 1.76(0.12,25.6) | 0.68 | |
| 601–1200 | 84(24.1) | 7(17.5) | 2.05(0.20,20.4) | 0.54 | |
| 1201–2000 | 36(10.3) | 8(20.0) | 2.83(0.27,29.6) | 0.39 | |
| 2001–3200 | 19(5.5) | 6(15.0) | 6.80(0.57,80.8) | 0.13 | |
| >3200 | 27(7.8) | 2(5.0) | |||
| Occupation | Housewife | 110(31.6) | 9(22.5) | ||
| Government employee | 18(5.2) | 4(10.0) | |||
| Private | 63(18.1) | 13(32.5) | |||
| Farmer | 54(15.5) | 8(20.0) | |||
| Jobless | 57(16.4) | 3(7.5) | |||
| Student | 34(9.8) | 1(2.5) | |||
| Pension | 12(3.4) | 2(5.0) | |||
|
Educational status n=388 |
Formal Education | 120(34.5) | 6(15.0) | ||
| Illiterate | 207(59.5) | 32(80.0) | |||
| Informal Education | 21(6.0) | 2(5.0) | |||
| Marital status n=388 | Married | 54(15.5) | 11(27.5) | ||
| Single | 231(66.4) | 23(57.50 | |||
| Widowed | 13(3.7) | 2(5.0) | |||
| Divorced | 50(14.4) | 4(10) | |||
| Orthodox | 226(64.9) | 30(75.0) | |||
| Religion n=388 | Muslim | 41(11.8) | 7(17.5) | ||
| Protestant | 4(1.1) | 0 | |||
| Catholic | 68(19.5) | 3(7.5) | |||
| Others* | 9(2.6) | 0 | |||
*
Wake feta, Adventist and Jehovah Witness