Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample (N = 174)
Demographic and clinical characteristics | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Age (year) | < 60 | 109 (62.6%) |
≥60 | 65 (37.4%) | |
Gender | Female | 69 (39.7%) |
Male | 105 (60.3%) | |
In/outpatient | Inpatient | 168 (96.6%) |
Outpatient | 6 (3.4%) | |
Educational level | Middle school education or below | 132 (75.9%) |
High school education or above | 42 (24.1%) | |
Marital status | Single | 9 (5.2%) |
Married | 165 (94.8%) | |
Employment status | Technical staff | 24 (13.8%) |
Manual worker | 57 (32.8%) | |
Housewife | 10 (5.7%) | |
Clerical/admin | 17 (9.8%) | |
Self-employed | 32 (18.4%) | |
Unemployment | 8 (4.6%) | |
Retired | 26 (14.9%) | |
Religion | Non/Not Indicated | 145 (83.3%) |
Buddhism | 26 (14.9%) | |
Taoism | 3 (1.8%) | |
Location of living place | Countryside | 80 (46.0%) |
City | 94 (54.0%) | |
Living status | Living alone | 3 (1.7%) |
Living with family | 171 (98.3%) | |
Types of cancer | Lung cancer | 54 (31.0%) |
Nasopharynx cancer | 30 (17.2%) | |
Colorectal cancer | 29 (16.7%) | |
Gynecological cancer | 32 (18.4%) | |
Liver cancer | 5 (2.9%) | |
Breast cancer | 4 (2.3%) | |
Esophageal cancer | 3 (1.7%) | |
Oral cancer | 6 (3.4%) | |
Others | 11 (6.4%) | |
Stage of cancer | III | 70 (40.2%) |
IV | 104 (59.8%) | |