Table 1.
Description of Head and Neck Cancer Survivors (n = 250)
| Participants’ Sociodemographic Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Variables |
N = 250 N (%)/ Mean ± SE |
| Age (years) | 51.59 ± 0.83 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 198 (79.2) |
| Female | 52 (20.8) |
| Formal Schooling | |
| Yes | 218 (87.2) |
| No | 32 (12.8) |
| Informal Schooling | |
| Yes | 69 (27.6) |
| No | 181 (72.4) |
| Type of Informal Schooling | N = 69 |
| Madrassa | 42(60.9) |
| Self-Learnt (reading) | 2 (2.9) |
| Learnt Quran | 21 (30.4) |
| Multiple | 4 (5.8) |
| Mother Tongue | |
| Urdu | 117 (46.8) |
| Sindhi | 46 (18.4) |
| Punjabi | 14 (5.6) |
| Pushto | 10 (4.0) |
| Memoni | 16 (6.4) |
| Baloch | 12 (4.6) |
| Kachi | 7 (2.8) |
| Other | 21 (8.4) |
| Marital Status | |
| Married | 218 (87.2) |
| Single | 14 (5.6) |
| Other | 18 (7.2) |
| Family Structure | |
| Extended | 134 (53.6) |
| Nuclear | 116 (46.4) |
| Role in Family | |
| Head/Chief Decision-Maker | 138 (55.2) |
| Not Head; involved in decisions | 98 (39.2) |
| Not Head; not involved in decisions | 14 (5.6) |
| Number of Members in Family | |
| ≤ 6 | 129 (51.6) |
| > 6 | 121 (48.4) |
| Working Status | |
| Working | 89 (35.6) |
| Not Working | 161 (64.4) |
| Spouse’s Working Status | N = 218 |
| Working | 36(16.5) |
| Not Working | 182 (83.5) |
| Monthly Household Income (PKR/USD) | |
| No Income | 18 (7.2) |
| 2000–25,000 ($ 13-$151) | 40 (16.0) |
| 25,000–40,000 ($151–$242) | 26 (10.4) |
| 40,000–80,000 ($242–$484) | 69 (27.6) |
| 80,000–170,000 ($484–$1028) | 97 (38.8) |
| Household Income (PKR/USD) | 45,000 (22650–100,000)/ 281(142–625) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Hypertension (HTN) | 64 (25.6) |
| Diabetes (DM) | 39 (15.6) |
| Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) | 10 (4.00) |
| Undergone any disease | 63 (25.2) |
| Addictive use Smoked tobacco users | |
| Current | 5 (2.4) |
| Ex | 59 (23.6) |
| No | 185 (74.0) |
| Smokeless tobacco users | |
| Current | 14 (5.6) |
| Ex | 103 (41.2) |
| No | 133 (53.2) |
| Family History of Cancer | |
| Family history of head and neck cancer | 32 (12.8) |
| Family History of any cancer other than head and neck cancer | 38 (15.2) |
| Family history of depression | 10 (4.0) |
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