Table 1. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patient sample.
| Control group | Intervention group | Total (n = 160) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast cancer (n = 71) | Colon cancer (n = 34) | Total (n = 105) | Breast cancer (n = 22) | Colon cancer (n = 33) | Total (n = 55) | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 0 (0.0) | 12 (42.9) | 12 (13.3) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (48.0) | 12 (27.9) | 24 (18.0) |
| Female | 62 (100.0) | 16 (57.1) | 78 (86.7) | 18 (100.0) | 13 (52.0) | 31 (72.1) | 109 (82.0) |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| M (SD) | 60.4 (13.9) | 69.5 (11.6) | 63.2 (13.8) | 55.7 (15.3) | 71.3 (10.7) | 64.8 (14.8) | 63.7 (14.1) |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Unmarried | 2 (3.9) | 3 (10.7) | 5 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (12.0) | 3 (7.0) | 8 (6.6) |
| Married | 36 (70.6) | 15 (53.6) | 51 (64.6) | 14 (77.8) | 13 (52.0) | 27 (62.8) | 78 (63.9) |
| Divorced | 6 (11.8) | 2 (7.1) | 8 (10.1) | 2 (11.1) | 3 (12.0) | 5 (11.6) | 13 (10.7) |
| Widowed | 7 (13.7) | 8 (28.6) | 15 (19.0) | 2 (11.1) | 6 (24.0) | 8 (18.6) | 23 (18.9) |
| Schooling | |||||||
| Less than 12 years | 43 (87.8) | 25 (89.3) | 68 (88.3) | 16 (94.1) | 23 (92.0) | 32 (92.9) | 107 (89.9) |
| 12 years or more | 6 (12.2) | 3 (10.7) | 9 (11.7) | 1 (5.9) | 2 (8.0) | 3 (7.1) | 12 (10.1) |
| Cancer stage | |||||||
| I | 28 (41.8) | 2 (6.5) | 30 (30.6) | 7 (36.8) | 6 (19.4) | 13 (26.0) | 43 (29.1) |
| II | 23 (34.3) | 4 (12.9) | 27 (27.6) | 7 (36.8) | 9 (29.0) | 16 (32.0) | 43 (29.1) |
| III | 14 (20.9) | 17 (54.8) | 31 (31.6) | 3 (15.8) | 11 (35.5) | 14 (28.0) | 45 (30.4) |
| IV | 2 (3.0) | 8 (25.8) | 10 (10.2) | 2 (10.5) | 6 (16.1) | 7 (14.0) | 17 (11.5) |
Valid percentages were reported. Percentages relate to whole sample, including missing values.n , sample size; M, mean; SD, standard deviation