Table 2.

Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample.

VARIABLE		N	%
Gender	Male	69	45.7
	Female	82	54.3
Marital status	Single	31	20.5
	Married	102	67.5
	Divorced	5	3.3
	Widow	13	8.6
Employment status	Housewife	32	21.2
	Unemployed	13	8.6
	Employed	49	31.5
	Retired	57	37.7
Education level	Primary school	24	15.8
	Secondary school	54	35.8
	High school	54	35.8
	University degree	17	11.3
	Higher	2	1.3
Kind of service	Day Hospital	118	78.2
	Hospital Ward	33	21.9
Timing of taking care at the Oncology service	First visit	7	4.6
	<6 months	71	47.0
	6-12 months	29	19.3
	>12 months	44	29.1
Cancer site	Gastroenteric	70	46,4
	Gynecological	27	17,9
	Breast	20	13,2
	Lung	14	9,3
	Head and neck	1	0,7
	Rare	6	3,9
	Uro-genital	13	8,6
Cancer stage	1	3	2,0
	2	12	7,9
	3	24	15,9
	4	112	74,2
Toxicity of treatments°	0	72	47,7
	1	25	16,6
	2	38	25,2
	3	14	9,3
	4	2	1,3
Intent of treatment	Adjuvant	34	22,5
	NA*	3	2,0
	New adjuvant	3	2,0
	Palliative	111	73,5
Response to treatment	Absence of cancer	23	15,2
	Ongoing	58	38,4
	In progress	19	12,6
	Partial	22	14,6
	Stable	29	19,2
Adherence after 3 months of treatment	No	15	10,0
	Yes	136	90,0

Legend: The toxicity of treatment was scored from 0 (mild) to 4 (death), according to common toxicities criteria (CTC), version 4.0 [38]; available from: https://ctep.cancer.gov/protocoldevelopment/electronic_applications/ctc.htm#ctc_50.; NA* = not available data.