Table 1. Socio demographic and clinical characteristics of breast cancer patients under chemotherapy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2018.

Variables	Category	Number of participants(n)	Percent (%)
Age	<35	123	30.5
	35–50	177	43.9
	51–65	85	21.1
	66–80	18	4.5
Educational status	Unable to read and write	97	24.1
	Able to read and write	39	9.7
	Primary education	87	21.6
	Secondary education	104	2.8
	College and above	76	18.9
Occupation	Housewife	248	61.5
	Government employee	60	14.9
	Non-government employee	13	3.2
	Farmer	28	6.9
	Merchant	34	8.4
	Other	20	5
Marital status	Married	229	56.8
	Single	40	9.9
	Divorced	56	13.9
	Husband died	78	19.4
Residence	Addis Ababa	182	45.2
	Out of Addis Ababa	221	54.8
Monthly income	< = 800	102	25.3
	801–1800	104	25.8
	1801–4000	98	24.3
	>4000	99	24.6
Stage at diagnosis	Stage I	16	4
	Stage II A	53	13.2
	Stage IIB	92	22.8
	Stage IIIA (T3,N1,M0)	23	5.7
	Stage III *	160	39.7
	Stage IV	59	14.6
Tumor size	Tx (Not assessed)	12	3
	T1 (< 2 cm)	47	11.7
	T2 (2 cm-5 cm)	145	36
	T3 (> 5 cm)	94	23.3
	T4 (Any size with extension to chest wall)	105	26.1
Comorbid disease	Hypertension	50	65.78
	Diabetes mellitus	24	31.57
	HIV AIDS	8	10.52
	Asthma	12	15.78
	Cardiac disease	4	5.26
Previous exposure to breast cancer treatment	Surgery alone	261	79.3
	Surgery and radiotherapy	56	17.0
	Surgery and chemotherapy	13	4.0
	Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy	21	6.4
Sequence of chemotherapy cycle	2nd cycle	100	24.8
	3rd cycle	88	21.8
	4th cycle	50	12.4
	5th cycle	58	14.4
	6th cycle	44	10.9
	7th cycle	38	9.4
	8th cycle	25	6.2

*stage III other than T3, N1, M0