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. 2021 Nov 3;8:741204. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.741204

Table 1.

Basic characteristics of breast cancer survivors.

Characteristics All patients
(N = 744)
Vaccinated group
(N = 94)
Non-vaccinated group (N = 650) P
Planning vaccination
(N = 103)
Hesitancy group
(N = 295)
Refusal group
(N =2 52)
Sex 1.000
    Male 3 (0.40%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 2 (0.68%) 1 (0.40%)
    Female 741 (99.60%) 94 (100.00%) 103 (100.00%) 293 (99.32%) 251 (99.60%)
Age, years 48.00 (40.00, 54.00) 48.00 (42.00, 57.00) 50.00 (42.00, 57.00) 46.00 (40.00, 54.00) 47.00 (40.00, 53.00) 0.080
    <40 188 (25.27%) 18 (19.15%) 20 (19.42%) 79 (26.78%) 71 (28.17%) 0.459
    40~60 477 (64.11%) 64 (68.09%) 70 (67.96%) 186 (63.05%) 157 (62.30%)
    >60 79 (10.62%) 12 (12.77%) 13 (12.62%) 30 (10.17%) 24 (9.52%)
Marital status 0.912
    Unmarried 19 (2.55%) 3 (3.19%) 2 (1.94%) 8 (2.71%) 6 (2.38%)
    Married 672 (90.32%) 86 (91.49%) 91 (88.35%) 268 (90.85%) 227 (90.08%)
    Others 53 (7.12%) 5 (5.32%) 10 (9.71%) 19 (6.44%) 19 (7.54%)
Educational level 0.144
    Middle school and below 241 (32.39%) 26 (27.66%) 38 (36.89%) 88 (29.83%) 89 (35.32%)
    High school 142 (19.09%) 16 (17.02%) 15 (14.56%) 54 (18.31%) 57 (22.62%)
    Junior college 200 (26.88%) 32 (34.04%) 29 (28.16%) 89 (30.17%) 50 (19.84%)
    Bachelor and above 161 (21.64%) 20 (21.28%) 21 (20.39%) 64 (21.69%) 56 (22.22%)
Number of members in family 0.388
    1~2 152 (20.43%) 29 (30.85%) 22 (21.36%) 57 (19.32%) 44 (17.46%)
    3 275 (36.96%) 30 (31.91%) 41 (39.81%) 104 (35.25%) 100 (39.68%)
    4 156 (20.97%) 17 (18.09%) 20 (19.42%) 67 (22.71%) 52 (20.63%)
    5~ 161 (21.64%) 18 (19.15%) 20 (19.42%) 67 (22.71%) 56 (22.22%)
Annual income, yuan 0.745
    <20,000 195 (26.21%) 20 (21.28%) 25 (24.27%) 78 (26.44%) 72 (28.57%)
    20,000~100,000 371 (49.87%) 51 (54.26%) 51 (49.51%) 140 (47.46%) 129 (51.19%)
    110,000~200,000 111 (14.92%) 12 (12.77%) 18 (17.48%) 49 (16.61%) 32 (12.70%)
    >200,000 67 (9.01%) 11 (11.70%) 9 (8.74%) 28 (9.49%) 19 (7.54%)
Medical cost 0.45
    Self-paid 39 (5.24%) 2 (2.13%) 6 (5.83%) 17 (5.76%) 14 (5.56%)
    Insurance 684 (91.94%) 87 (92.55%) 94 (91.26%) 269 (91.19%) 234 (92.86%)
    Others 21 (2.82%) 5 (5.32%) 3 (2.91%) 9 (3.05%) 4 (1.59%)
Duration of cancer, year 0.003b, c
    <1 275 (36.96%) 26 (27.66%) 40 (38.83%) 104 (35.25%) 105 (41.67%)
    1~3 326 (43.82%) 35 (37.23%) 45 (43.69%) 139 (47.12%) 107 (42.46%)
    4~5 77 (10.35%) 15 (15.96%) 11 (10.68%) 33 (11.19%) 18 (7.14%)
    >5 66 (8.87%) 18 (19.15%) 7 (6.80%) 19 (6.44%) 22 (8.73%)
Self-perceived feel 0.024d
    Good 231 (31.05%) 34 (36.17%) 42 (40.78%) 80 (27.12%) 75 (29.76%)
    General 455 (61.16%) 57 (60.64%) 58 (56.31%) 189 (64.07%) 151 (59.92%)
    Bad 58 (7.80%) 3 (3.19%) 3 (2.91%) 26 (8.81%) 26 (10.32%)
Recent breast cancer-related treatments 483 (64.92%) 53 (56.38%) 67 (65.05%) 187 (63.39%) 176 (69.84%) 0.112
    Endocrine/targeted therapy 298 (40.05%) 25 (26.60%) 36 (34.95%) 130 (44.07%) 107 (42.46%) 0.013b, c
    Chemotherapy 134 (18.01%) 21 (22.34%) 17 (16.50%) 40 (13.56%) 56 (22.22%) 0.040f
    Radiotherapy 51 (6.85%) 1 (1.06%) 9 (8.74%) 20 (6.78%) 21 (8.33%) 0.095
COVID-19 related characteristics
Had been infected by COVID-19 6 (0.81%) 0 (0.00%) 2 (1.94%) 2 (0.68%) 2 (0.79%) 0.496
Inform from communities or units 437 (58.74%) 78 (82.98%) 67 (65.05%) 170 (57.63%) 122 (48.41%) <0.001a, b, c, e
Existence of no vaccination in family, friends and colleges who met vaccination condition 361 (48.52%) 57 (60.64%) 54 (52.43%) 150 (50.85%) 122 (48.41%) 0.242

Post-hoc comparison with Bonferroni adjustment:

a

Vaccinated group vs. planning group;

b

Vaccinated group vs. hesitancy group;

c

Vaccinated group vs. refusal group;

d

Planning group vs. hesitancy group;

e

Planning group vs. refusal group;

f

Hesitancy group vs. refusal group.