Table 1.
Participants’ socio-demographics, clinical characteristics, and summary results for the four questionnaires (N = 431)
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Socio-demographics | |
| Age (years; mean ± SDa; range: 27–77) | 48.26 ± 10.40 |
| Education Level | |
| Primary and below | 90 (20.9) |
| Secondary | 278 (64.5) |
| Tertiary | 63 (14.6) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 425 (98.6) |
| Other marital status | 6 (1.4) |
| Has children | |
| Yes | 416 (96.5) |
| No | 15 (3.5) |
| Employment status | |
| Unemployed | 170 (39.4) |
| Retired | 54 (12.5) |
| Employed | 207 (48.1) |
| Average monthly income over the past 12 months (Chinese Yuan) | |
| < 3000 | 170 (39.4) |
| 3000–6000 | 194 (45.0) |
| 6001–9000 | 52 (12.1) |
| > 9000 | 15 (3.5) |
| Place of residence | |
| Urban | 207 (48.0) |
| Rural | 224 (52.0) |
| Chronic disease (disease course > 6 months) | |
| Yes | 28 (6.5) |
| No | 403 (93.5) |
| Clinical characteristics | |
| Illness stage | |
| 0–I | 134 (31.1) |
| II | 203 (47.1) |
| III | 66 (15.3) |
| IV | 28 (6.5) |
| Metastasis | |
| No metastasis | 285 (66.1) |
| Axillary | 119 (27.6) |
| Other metastasis | 27 (6.3) |
| Surgical style | |
| No surgery | 146 (33.9) |
| Modified radical mastectomy | 203 (47.1) |
| Simple mastectomy | 60 (13.9) |
| Breast conservation | 23 (5.3) |
| Adjuvant therapy | |
| Conventional chemotherapy | 381 (88.4) |
| Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | 26 (6.0) |
| Radio therapy | 151 (35.0) |
| Endocrine therapy | 231 (53.6) |
| Targeted therapy | 47 (10.9) |
| HRQoLb (mean ± SD) | |
| Physical well-being | 17.75 ± 4.91 |
| Social/family well-being | 17.66 ± 5.95 |
| Emotional well-being | 14.29 ± 4.48 |
| Functional well-being | 13.24 ± 5.04 |
| Breast-cancer-specific | |
| Subscales for additional concerns | 24.81 ± 3.97 |
| FACT-Bv4.0c Total Score | 87.74 ± 18.69 |
| Resilience (mean ± SD) | |
| Tenacity | 27.51 ± 8.19 |
| Self-reliance | 16.84 ± 4.42 |
| Optimism | 10.37 ± 3.06 |
| CD-RISCd total score | 54.72 ± 14.71 |
| Perceived social support (mean ± SD) | |
| Family support | 24.16 ± 3.24 |
| Friends’ support | 20.76 ± 4.00 |
| Significant others’ support | 20.52 ± 4.17 |
| MSPSSe total score | 65.45 ± 9.40 |
| Coping style (mean ± SD) | |
| Confrontation | 19.87 ± 3.73 |
| Avoidance | 16.70 ± 1.90 |
| Resignation | 9.57 ± 2.87 |
aSD: standard deviation
bHealth-related quality of life
cFunctional assessment of cancer therapy-breast version 4.0
dConnor–Davidson resilience scale
eMultidimensional scale of perceived social support