Table 1.
Patient Characteristics
| Variables | n |
|---|---|
| No. of patients | 100 |
| Age, years | |
| <50 / ≥50 | 47/53 |
| Gender | |
| Male / Female | 64/36 |
| Marital status | |
| Single/Married/Divorce or separated | 17/79/4 |
| Children | |
| 0/1/2/3/4/more | 23/17/38/14/3/5 |
| Education status | |
| Illiterate/Basic/High school/University | 5/36/28/31 |
| Occupation | |
| Working/Not working/retired | 41/29/30 |
| Income | |
| Low/Moderate/High | 7/65/28 |
| Born place | |
| Rural/Urban | 48/52 |
| Living place | |
| Rural/Urban | 15/85 |
| Stage of disease | |
| 0/1/2/3/4 | 2/9/21/41/27 |
| Type of patient | |
| New admission/ on follow-up | 36/64 |