Table 1.
Descriptive Data
| Socio-demographic and Medical Variables | Mean (SD)/ N (%a) |
|---|---|
| Age | 55.32 (11.13) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 67 (19.6) |
| Female | 274 (80.4) |
| Race | |
| Chinese | 271 (79.5) |
| Malay | 37 (10.9) |
| Indian | 20 (5.9) |
| Others | 12 (3.5) |
| Marital Status | |
| Single | 49 (14.4) |
| Married | 243 (71.3) |
| Divorced/ Separated | 23 (6.7) |
| Widowed | 23 (6.7) |
| Education | |
| No Formal Education | 11 (3.2) |
| Primary Education | 59 (17.3) |
| Secondary/ GCE ‘N’/‘O’ Levels/ Vocational Education | 152 (44.6) |
| GCE ‘A’ Levels/ Polytechnic Diploma | 58 (17.0) |
| Bachelor’s Degree | 47 (13.8) |
| Postgraduate Education | 10 (2.9) |
| Occupation | |
| Full-time | 144 (42.2) |
| Part-time | 49 (14.4) |
| Retired | 56 (16.4) |
| Homemaker | 82 (24.0) |
| Cancer Type | |
| Breast | 126 (37.0) |
| Gynecological | 93 (27.3) |
| Gastro-intestinal | 47 (13.8) |
| NPC/ Throat/ Oral | 14 (4.1) |
| Hemotological/ Leukemia/ Lymphoma/ Myeloma | 11 (3.2) |
| Lung | 11 (3.2) |
| Brain | 2 (0.6) |
| Pancreas | 1 (0.3) |
| Others | 12 (3.5) |
| Multi-site | 14 (4.1) |
| Cancer Stage | |
| Early (Stages 0–2) | 196 (57.4) |
| Late (Stages 3–4) | 90 (26.4) |
| Underwent Chemotherapy | |
| Yes | 198 (58.1) |
| No | 135 (39.6) |
| Underwent Radiotherapy | |
| Yes | 153 (44.9) |
| No | 180 (52.8) |
| Underwent Surgery | |
| Yes | 244 (71.6) |
| No | 89 (26.1) |
a Percentages might not add up to 100% due to missing data or rounding difference