Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the patients and their primary family caregivers
| Variables | Number (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | Caregivers | ||
| Marital status | Single | 8 (5.3) | 25 (16.7) |
| Married | 118 (78.7) | 125 (83.3) | |
| Divorced | 6 (4) | - | |
| Widowed | 18 (12) | - | |
| Education level | Illiterate | 38 (25.3) | 5 (3.3) |
| Primary school | 37 (24.7) | 26 (17.3) | |
| Junior high school | 13 (8.7) | 33 (22) | |
| High school | 34 (22.7) | 50 (33.3) | |
| University | 28 (18.7) | 36 (24) | |
| Living area | Urban | 125 (83.3) | 125 (83.3) |
| Rural | 25 (16.7) | 25 (16.7) | |
| The stage of cancer | Stage I | 2 (1.3) | - |
| Stage II | 67 (45) | - | |
| Stage III | 77 (51) | - | |
| Stage IV | 4 (2.7) | - | |
| Relationship with the patient | Husband | - | 99 (66) |
| Sister | - | 13 (8.7) | |
| Daughter | - | 24 (16) | |
| Son/brother | - | 8 (5.3) | |
| Mother/father | - | 6 (4) | |