Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants (n = 125).
| Variables | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age in years | |
| Mean (SD) | 61.07 (9.09) |
| 35–44 | 7 (5.60) |
| 45–54 | 15 (12.0) |
| 55–64 | 53 (42.40) |
| >64 | 50 (40.0) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 90 (72.0) |
| Female | 35 (28.0) |
| Profession | |
| Unemployed | 75 (80.0) |
| Employed | 25 (20.0) |
| Number of children | |
| Mean (SD) | 2.75 (1.25) |
| Education | |
| Primary | 21 (16.80) |
| Secondary | 66 (52.80) |
| College and more | 36 (30.40) |
| Capacity to pay treatments | |
| Not enough | 76 (60.80) |
| Enough | 49 (39.20) |
| Health insurance status | |
| No | 4 (3.20) |
| Yes | 121 (87.20) |
| Live with others | |
| No | 5 (4.0) |
| Yes | 120 (96.0) |
| Place | |
| Countryside | 97 (77.60) |
| City | 28 (22.40) |
| Months of cancer diagnosis | |
| Mean (SD) | 15.71 (20.43) |
| Chronic disease | |
| No | 99 (79.20) |
| Yes | 26 (20.80) |
| Life threatening in the near future | |
| No | 8 (6.40) |
| Yes | 117 (93.60) |
| Response to treatment | |
| Improved | 27 (21.60) |
| Improved a little | 38 (30.40) |
| No change | 35 (28.0) |
| Deteriorated | 25 (20.0) |
| Feeling about treatment side effect | |
| Unbearable | 18 (14.40) |
| Bearable | 107 (85.60) |
| Frequency of social support | |
| Low support | 4 (3.20) |
| Moderate support | 43 (34.40) |
| High support | 78 (62.40) |