Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample

Variables	Patients (N = 134)
Age (mean ± SD)	52.05 ± 9.95
Marital status n (%)
Single	19 (14.2%)
Married	96 (71.6%)
Divorced	11 (8.2%)
Widowed	8 (6%)
Level of Education n (%)
Primary	34 (25.4%)
Complementary	50 (37.3%)
Secondary	28 (20.9%)
University and above	22 (16.4%)
Comorbidities n (%)
No	78(58.2)
Yes	56(41.8)
Stage of Cancer n (%)
Stage I	37 (27.6%)
Stage II	46 (34.3%)
Stage III & IV	51 (38.1%)
Type of Mastectomy n (%)
Total	85 (63.4%)
Partial	18 (13.4%)
Treatment n (%)
Chemotherapy	127 (94.8%)
Radiation	68 (50.8%)

N frequency; % percentage; SD standard deviation