TABLE 1.
The baseline characteristics of the patients in the inpatient and the outpatient settings.
| Demographics | Overall (n = 1,011) | Inpatient (n = 399) | Outpatient (n = 612) | P-value |
| Gender No. (%) | ||||
| Male | 560 (55.4%) | 225 (56.4%) | 335 (54.7%) | 0.861 |
| Age (years, mean, and SD) | 54.9 (15.2) | 55.6 (± 15.6) | 54.4 (± 15.0) | 0.245 |
| Marital status No. (%) | ||||
| Single | 99 (9.8%) | 37 (9.3%) | 62 (10.1%) | 0.935 |
| Married | 833 (82.4%) | 331 (83.2%) | 502 (82.0%) | 0.672 |
| Divorced | 23 (2.3%) | 8 (2.0%) | 15 (2.5%) | 0.830 |
| Widowed | 55 (5.4%) | 22 (5.5%) | 33 (5.4%) | 1.000 |
| Employment status No. (%) | ||||
| Employed | 276 (27.3%) | 103 (25.8%) | 173 (28.3%) | 0.014 |
| Unemployed | 471 (46.6%) | 172 (43.1%) | 299 (48.9%) | 0.082 |
| Retired | 264 (26.1%) | 124 (31.1%) | 140 (22.9%) | 0.004 |
| Income No. (%) | ||||
| Lower than 500 JD** | 737 (72.9%) | 327 (82.0%) | 410 (67.0%) | 0.000 |
| 500 to 1000 JD** | 197 (19.5%) | 54 (13.5%) | 143 (23.4%) | 0.000 |
| 1000 to 1500 JD** | 35 (3.5%) | 7 (1.8%) | 28 (4.6%) | 0.021 |
| 1500 JD** or above | 42 (4.2%) | 11 (2.8%) | 31 (5.1%) | 0.078 |
| Cancer metastasis No. (%) | ||||
| Yes | 186 (18.4%) | 80 (20.1%) | 106 (17.3%) | 0.116 |
| No | 445 (44.0%) | 146 (36.6%) | 299 (48.9%) | |
| Don’t know | 380 (37.6%) | 173 (43.4%) | 207 (33.8%) | |
| Stage of metastasis (n = 80 in the inpatient, n = 106 in the outpatient) No. (%) | ||||
| Stage 1 | 10 (5.4%) | 2 (2.5%) | 8 (7.5%) | 0.331 |
| Stage 2 | 18 (9.7%) | 5 (6.3%) | 13 (12.3%) | 0.343 |
| Stage 3 | 25 (13.4%) | 8 (10.0%) | 17 (16.0%) | 0.537 |
| Stage 4 | 133 (71.5%) | 65 (81.3%) | 68 (64.2%) | 0.005 |
| Cancer therapy* No. (%) | ||||
| Surgery | 40 (4.0%) | 40 (10.0%) | 0 | 0.000 |
| Chemotherapy | 566 (56.0%) | 190 (47.6%) | 376 (61.4%) | 0.000 |
| Combination of surgery and chemotherapy | 352 (34.8%) | 119 (29.8%) | 233 (38.1%) | 0.007 |
| Radiotherapy | 298 (29.5%) | 116 (29.1%) | 182 (29.8%) | 0.832 |
| Don’t receive treatment (on palliative therapy) | 36 (3.6%) | 36 (9.0%) | 0 | 0.000 |
| Do you think or feel that you feel anxious? No. (%) | ||||
| Yes | 432 (42.7) | 220 (55.1) | 212 (34.6) | 0.000 |
| Do you think or feel that you feel depressed? No. (%) | ||||
| Yes | 251 (24.8) | 148 (37.1) | 103 (16.8) | 0.000 |
| Are you currently using or have you ever used antidepressant? (n = 148 in the inpatient; n = 103 in the outpatient) No. (%) | ||||
| Yes | 39 (15.5) | 21 (14.1) | 18 (17.5) | 0.126 |
| Category of use for the antidepressant medications: (n = 20 in the inpatient; n = 11 in the outpatient) | ||||
| Sertraline | 9 (29.0) | 2 (10.0) | 7 (63.6) | |
| Citalopram | 5 (16.1) | 5 (25.0) | 0 | |
| Mirtazapine | 2 (6.5) | 2 (10.0) | 0 | |
| Fluoxetine | 2 (3.2) | 1 (5.0) | 1 (9.1) | |
| Amitriptyline | 1 (3.2) | 1 (5.0) | 0 | |
| Escitalopram | 1 (3.2) | 0 | 1 (9.1) | |
| Fluvoxamine | 1 (3.2) | 0 | 1 (9.1) | |
| Paroxetine | 1 (3.2) | 0 | 1 (9.1) | |
| Age first consumed antidepressant (years): (n = 20 in the inpatient; n = 11 in the outpatient) | 52.2 (± 17.4) | 50.4 (± 18.7) | 54.6 (± 15.9) | 0.550 |
| Used in the last year? (n = 20 in the inpatient; n = 11 in the outpatient) | ||||
| Yes | 16 (51.6) | 10 (50.0) | 6 (54.5) | 0.689 |
| Currently using antidepressants? (n = 20 in the inpatient; n = 11 in the outpatient) | ||||
| Yes | 21 (67.7) | 12 (60.0) | 9 (81.8) | 1.000 |
| Medical monitored? (n = 20 in the inpatient; n = 11 in the outpatient) | ||||
| Yes | 25 (80.6) | 14 (70.0) | 11 (100.0) | 1.000 |
| Consumption reason (more than one choice could be chosen): (n = 20 in the inpatient; n = 11 in the outpatient) | ||||
| Anxiety | 11 (35.5) | 5 (25.0) | 6 (54.5) | |
| Depression | 26 (83.9) | 15 (75.0) | 11 (100.0) | |
| Have you received instruction on how to use the antidepressant therapy? (n = 21 in the inpatient; n = 18 in the outpatient) | ||||
| Yes | 36 (92.3) | 19 (90.5) | 17 (94.4) | 0.366 |
| If yes, who gave you these instructions? (n = 19 in the inpatient; n = 17 in the outpatient) | ||||
| Physicians | 34 (94.4) | 18 (94.7) | 16 (94.1) | |
| Nurse | 1 (2.8) | 1 (5.3) | 0 | |
| Pharmacist | 1 (2.8) | 0 | 1 (5.9) | |
| Do you consider these instructions important? (n = 19 in the inpatient; n = 17 in the outpatient) | ||||
| Yes | 27 (75.0) | 15 (78.9) | 12 (70.6) | 0.546 |
*Patient could select more than one type of therapy; SD, standard deviation.
**JD, Jordanian Dinar (equal 1.41$). Bold values indicates that the p-value is statistically significant and that there was statistically significant difference between the inpatient and outpatient settings.