Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the examined group of patients.
| Demographic Information | Total n = 800 |
p |
|---|---|---|
| Characteristics % (n) | ||
| Sex | ||
| women | 85% (680) | 0.01 |
| men | 15% (120) | |
| The age of the study group | ||
| SD | 44.1 (7.76) | 0.12 |
| 95% CI | [26; 57] | |
| The age of women | ||
| ± standard deviation | 38.2 ± 7.25 | 0.21 |
| scope | [26; 57] | |
| median | 38 | |
| 95% CI | [39.8; 41.8] | |
| The age of men | ||
| ± standard deviation | 41.1 ± 7.03 | 0.19 |
| scope | [26; 57] | |
| median | 41 | |
| 95% CI | [39.8; 41.8] | |
| Place of residence | ||
| city | 68% (544) | 0.21 |
| village | 32% (256) | |
| Financial situation | ||
| very good | 1% (8) | 0.01 |
| good | 8% (64) | |
| average | 68% (544) | |
| bad | 10% (80) | |
| very bad | 13% (104) | |
| Age groups | ||
| 20–29 | 3% (24) | 0.01 |
| 30–40 | 35% (280) | |
| 41–50 | 37% (296) | |
| 51–60 | 25% (200) | |
| Education of the study group | ||
| higher education | 47% (378) | 0.01 |
| secondary education | 35% (276) | |
| vocational education | 18% (146) | |
| primary education | 0% (0) | |
| Marital status | ||
| married | 74% (592) | 0.62 |
| widowed | 3% (24) | |
| unmarried | 23% (184) | |
| Source of income | ||
| professionally active | 76% (608) | 0.59 |
| annuity | 15% (120) | |
| benefit | 9% (72) | |
| Type of cancer in the family | ||
| leukemia | 54% (432) | 0.07 |
| brain tumors | 19% (152) | |
| solid tumors | 27% (216) | |
| Age of children with cancer | ||
| up to 5 years | 22% (176) | 0.19 |
| 5–10 years | 51% (408) | |
| 11–18 years | 27% (216) | |
| Number of children | ||
| one child | 45% (360) | 0.71 |
| two children | 41% (328) | |
| three children | 10% (80) | |
| four children | 4% (32) | |
| Times of illness | ||
| 3–12 m | 43% (344) | 0.01 |
| 1–2 y | 37% (296) | |
| 3–4 y | 20% (160) | |