Table 1.
Sociodemographic data and characteristics of the sample.
| N = 90 | N = 90 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Categories | CT+ N (%) | CT− N (%) |
| Marital status | Married | 64 (71.7) | 66 (73.3) |
| Single | 9 (10) | 12 (13.3) | |
| Divorced | 6 (6.7) | 8 (9) | |
| Widowed | 11 (12.2) | 4 (4.4) | |
| Education level | No studies | 9(10) | 5 (5.5) |
| Elementary school | 30 (33.3) | 25 (27.8) | |
| Middle school | 13 (14.4) | 11 (12.2) | |
| High school | 15 (16.7) | 24 (26.7) | |
| Higher education | 23 (25.6) | 25 (27.8) | |
| Employment situation | Currently in employment | 8 (8.9) | 12 (13.3) |
| Temporary sick leave | 43 (47.8) | 31 (34.4) | |
| Permanent sick leave | 9 (10) | 5 (5.6) | |
| Unemployed | 20 (22.2) | 25 (27.8) | |
| Retired | 10 (11.1) | 17 (18.9) | |
| Tumor staging | 0 | 4 (4.4) | 5 (5.6) |
| I | 18 (20) | 39 (43.3) | |
| II | 31 (34.5) | 30 (33.3) | |
| III | 24 (26.7) | 8 (8.9) | |
| IV | 13 (14.4) | 8 (8.9) | |
| Grade | 1 | 18 (20) | 25 (27.8) |
| 2 | 23 (25.6) | 40 (44.4) | |
| 3 | 49 (54.4) | 49 (27.8) | |
| Molecular subtype | Luminal A/Luminal B HER2 negative-like | 47 (52.2) | 60 (66.7) |
| Luminal B HER2 positive-like/HER2-type | 33 (36.7) | 30 (33.3) | |
| Triple negative | 10 (11.1) | 0 (0)3 | |
| Menopause | Natural | 42 (46.7) | 52 (57.8) |
| Drug-induced menopause | 25 (27.8) | 6 (6.7) | |
| Intervention-induced menopause | 3 (3.3) | 9 (10) | |
| Reproductive stage | 20 (22.2) | 23 (25.5) | |
| Surgical treatment | Conservative surgery | 41 (45.6) | 76 (84.5) |
| Uni- or bilateral mastectomy | 23 (25.5) | 11 (12.2) | |
| Without surgical treatment | 26 (28.9) | 3 (3.3) | |
| Chemotherapy cycles | Chemotherapy cycles < 4 | 53 (58.9) | |
| Chemotherapy cycles ≥ 4 | 37 (41.1) |