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. 2019 Apr-Jun;25(2):190–196. doi: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_46_18

Table 1.

Participant characteristics (n=250)

Variable n (%) Variable n (%)
Gender Disease
 Female 125 (50)  Blood 97 (38.8)
 Male 125 (50)  Lung 11 (4.4)
Level of education  Digestive 72 (28.8)
 Illiterate 146 (58.4)  Breast 34 (13.6)
 Under diploma 38 (15.2)  Head and neck 8 (20)
 Diploma 46 (18.4)  Prostate 7 (2.8)
 University degree 20 (8)  Genital 9 (3.6)
Employment status Relationship with your family
 Homemaker 94 (37.6)  Excellent 191 (76.4)
 Employee 35 (14)  Good 37 (14.8)
 Worker 40 (16)  Bad 22 (8.8)
 Unemployed 81 (32.4) Treatment models
Marital status*  Chemotherapy 250 (100.0)
 Single 30 (12)  Radiotherapy 137 (45.5)
 Married 220 (88)  Surgery 139 (55.6)
Economic status  Other 47 (18.8)
 Earn equal pay 19 (57.6) Age (years)
 Earn more money 7 (2.8)  Mean±SD 50.5±17.7
 Earn less money 224 (89.6) Since awareness of the disease in month
History of recurrence  Mean±SD 22.8±29.5
 Yes 113 (45.2) House hold composition
 No 136 (54.4)  Alone 4 (4.0)
 Living with someone 240 (96)

SD: Standard deviation