Table 1.
General patient characteristics, clinical history, supportive care needs and health-related quality of life (n=1809)
| % | |
| General patient characteristics | |
| Women | 57.8 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 55.4 (14.6) |
| 60 years or older | 43 |
| Place of residence | |
| Mexico City | 58 |
| State of Mexico | 27.6 |
| Other States | 14.4 |
| Schooling | |
| None or incomplete elementary school | 12.8 |
| Elementary school | 18.6 |
| Secondary school | 28.3 |
| High school degree | 24.8 |
| University degree or higher | 15.5 |
| Marital status | |
| Married or free union | 65.7 |
| Single or divorced or widowed | 34.3 |
| Health care provider | |
| IMSS | 68.6 |
| MoH | 31.4 |
| Clinical history | |
| Length of time since cancer diagnosis | |
| <1 year | 65.5 |
| ≥1 and <3 years | 29.5 |
| ≥3 and ≤5 years | 5.0 |
| Type of cancer | |
| Leukaemia | 8.7 |
| Lymphoma | 12.1 |
| Myeloma | 5.0 |
| Breast cancer | 25.4 |
| Cervical cancer | 8.3 |
| Prostate cancer | 15.7 |
| Colorectal cancer | 17.7 |
| Lung cancer | 7.1 |
| Cancer stage | |
| Early (I–II) | 33.1 |
| Advanced (III–IV) | 66.9 |
| Cancer treatment in the last month* | |
| Surgery | 16.0 |
| Chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy | 68.0 |
| Other (hormonotherapy, immunotherapy, among others) | 47.8 |
| Supportive care needs | Mean (SD) |
| Health systems and information | 42.5 (27.4) |
| Physical and daily living | 45.2 (27.7) |
| Psychological | 38.5 (28.4) |
| Sexuality | 23.6 (31.2) |
| Care and support | 21.4 (23.0) |
| Quality of life | |
| Overall health status | 59.5 (19.8) |
| Functional scales | |
| Cognitive functioning | 77.0 (25.8) |
| Emotional functioning | 69.1 (27.7) |
| Physical functioning | 66.7 (25.8) |
| Social functioning | 63.6 (31.6) |
| Role functioning | 56.4 (34.5) |
*'Cancer treatment’ variable describes all types of treatment that the patient received in the last month; consequently, the sum of treatment categories exceeds 100%.
IMSS, Mexican Institute of Social Security; MoH, Ministry of Health.