Table 2.
Participants’ characteristics (n = 37)
| Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD), y | 55 (11) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| ≤High school | 21 (57) |
| >Some college or university | 16 (43) |
| Employment status, n (%) | |
| Full-time | 5 (13) |
| Part-time | 4 (11) |
| Unemployed | 28 (76) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Married | 29 (78) |
| Divorced/widowed | 6 (16) |
| Single | 2 (6) |
| Disease stage, n (%) | |
| 0 | 2 (5) |
| I | 17 (46) |
| II | 16 (44) |
| III | 2 (5) |
| Type of surgery, n (%) | |
| Mastectomy | 11 (30) |
| Partial mastectomy | 26 (70) |
| Lymph node resection, n (%) | |
| Presence | 12 (32) |
| Anticancer treatment, n (%) | |
| Chemotherapy (undergone) | 28 (76) |
| Trastuzumab (undergone) | 4 (11) |
| Hormonal therapy (undergone) | 22 (60) |
| Distress and impact thermometer | |
| Distress, mean (SD) | 4.9 (1.4) |
| Impact, mean (SD) | 3.6 (2.1) |
| Performance statusa, n (%) | |
| 0 | 37 (100) |
SD, standard deviation.
aEastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status.