Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics

Variables		Mean ± SD or n (%)
Age (years)		48.36 ± 8.95
Level of education	Illiterate	24 (11.3)
	Primary School	61 (28.8)
	Middle School	93 (43.9)
	College or above	34 (16.0)
Marital status	Unmarried	10 (4.7)
	Married	202 (95.3)
Clinical stage	0	2 (0.9)
	I	11 (5.2)
	II	113 (53.3)
	III	79 (37.3)
	IV	7 (3.3)
Surgical technique	Breast-conserving surgery	47 (22.2)
	Breast reconstruction surgery	11 (5.2)
	Modified radical mastectomy	154 (72.6)