Table 1.

Demographic, Clinical Data and Frequency of Needs of the 102 Haematological Cancer Patients

	n	%
Gender
Males	60	58.8
Females	42	41.2
Hospital
General non-University	39	38.2
University general	63	61.8
Age, years
up to 65	41	40.2
≥65	61	59.8
mean age (s.d.) [min-max]	66.2 (14.2) [25 - 89]
Marital status
Married	71	69.6
Single	10	9.8
Divorced, Widowed	21	20.6
Education
No education	8	7.8
Primary school	52	51
Secondary school	34	33.4
Higher (college/universities)	8	7.8
Place of residence
Near hospital	41	40.2
Other cities/ areas	61	59.8
Living with
Husband/wife	45	44.6
Husband/wife and children	26	25.7
Children	6	5.9
Parents/ brothers	3	3
Alone	21	20.8
Type of cancer
Lymphoma Hodgkin & non-Hodgkin	33	32.4
Acute and chronic leukemia	50	49
Multiple myeloma	19	18.6
Site of care a
Oncology ward	56	62.9
Oncology day clinic	33	37.1
Ηospital visits during last two months b
Once	26	26.5
Two	24	24.5
Three, four	20	20.4
Five or more	28	28.6
Hospital days c
≤6	34	52.3
7+	31	47.7
mean (s.d.) [min-max]	13.8 (27.8) [1 - 210]
Years from diagnosis d
<2	44	46.8
2+	50	53.2
mean (s.d.) [min-max]	4.2 (5.3) [0,1-24.0]
Degree of satisfaction from care e
	16	16.2
8+	83	83.8
mean (s.d.) [min-max]	8.9 (1.7) [1 - 10]

^a, n=89 patients;

^b, n=98 patients;

^c, n=65 patients;

^d, n=94 patients;

^e, n=99, scale from 0 (not satisfied) to 10 (very satisfied)