Table 1.
Study sample sociodemographics, N = 240
| Variable | Attribute | Patients, n (%) | Caregivers, n (%) |
| Gender | Male | 37 (30.8) | 35 (29.2) |
| Female | 83 (69.2) | 85 (70.8) | |
| ***Age | Mean (SD) | 59.6 (15.1) | 41.64 (13.3) |
| Type of cancer | Cervical | 52 (43.3) | |
| Prostate | 4 (3.3) | ||
| Breast | 18 (15.0) | ||
| Lung | 5 (4.2) | ||
| Colon | 10 (8.3) | ||
| Thyroid | 8 (6.7) | ||
| Rectal | 3 (2.5) | ||
| Gastric | 3 (2.5) | ||
| Others | 17 (14.2) | ||
| Type of treatment | Chemotherapy | 69 (57.5) | |
| Radiotherapy | 77 (64.2) | ||
| Surgery | 8 (6.7) | ||
| Brachytherapy | 5 (4.2) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 7 (5.8) | 21 (17.5) |
| Divorced | 2 (1.7) | 0 | |
| Married | 73 (60.8) | 90 (75.0) | |
| Widowed | 38 (31.7) | 9 (7.5) | |
| Relationship to patient | Parent | 7 (5.8) | |
| Spouse | 3 (2.5) | ||
| Sibling | 31 (25.8) | ||
| Child | 10 (8.3) | ||
| Grandchild | 52 (43.3) | ||
| Highest level of education | Primary | 22 (18.3) | |
| Secondary | 66 (55.0) | ||
| Tertiary | 32 (26.7) | ||
| Employment status | Formally employed | 14 (11.7) | 31 (25.8) |
| Self-employed | 3 (2.5) | 12 (10.0) | |
| Student | 2 (1.7) | 4 (3.3) | |
| Unemployed | 94 (78.3) | 73 (60.8) | |
| Financial situation | Very inadequate | 60 (50.0) | |
| Inadequate | 1 (0.8) | ||
| Neutral | 27 (22.5) | ||
| Adequate | 30 (25.0) | ||
| Very adequate | 2 (1.7) | ||
SD = standard deviation