Table 1.
Patient Characteristics (N = 1416)
| Characteristics | 2006–2008 N = 464 N(%) |
2016–2018 N = 952 N(%) |
P value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 184 (39.7) | 367 (38.5) | 0.6890 |
| Female | 280 (60.3) | 585 (61.4) | |
| Median Age/Range | 54 (34–72) | 56 (26–81) | 0.3840 |
| Marital Status: N = 1408 | |||
| Married | 337 (73.90) | 654 (68.7) | 0.0857 |
| Single | 43 (9.4) | 117 (12.3) | |
| Separated | 1 (0.2) | 14 (1.5) | |
| Divorced | 13 (3) | 28 (3) | |
| Widow | 62 (13.6) | 139 (14.6) | |
| Level of Education: N = 1404 | |||
| Illiterate | 51 (11.3) | 100 (10.5) | <.0001 |
| Primary | 73 (16.1) | 162 (17.0) | |
| Intermediate | 188 (41.6) | 280 (29.4) | |
| Secondary | 71 (15.7) | 243 (25.5) | |
| Higher education | 69 (15.3) | 167 (17.5) | |
| Work Status: N = 1358 | |||
| No Job | 328 (70.7) | 752 (79) | 0.0006 |
| Job | 136 (29.3) | 200 (21.) | |
| Disease Type: N = 1416 | |||
| Solid tumor | 342 (73.7) | 770 (80.9) | 0.0020 |
| Hematological malignancy | 122 (26.3) | 182 (19.1) | |
| Treatment Type: | |||
| Surgery | 251 (54.1) | 527 (55.4) | 0.6541 |
| Radiation | 79 (17.0) | 417 (43.8) | <.0001 |
| Chemotherapy | 423 (91.2) | 780 (81.9) | <.0001 |
| SCT | 0 (0.00) | 87 (9.1) | <.0001 |
| No treatment | 21 (4.5) | 44 (4.6) | 0.9354 |
Higher education: college and postgraduate, SCT: stem cell transplantation
*The Chi-squared test statistic is significant at < 0.05