Table 2 Patient Characteristics (N = 210)
Characteristics | Statistics |
|---|---|
Age in years, mean (S.D.), range | 49.1 (11.9), 20–84 |
Years of education, mean(S.D.), range | 2.8 (4.5), 0–18 |
Gender, N (%) | |
 Male | 100 (47.6%) |
 Female | 110 (52.4%) |
Marital status, N (%) | |
 Married | 158 (75.2%) |
 Unmarried | 52 (24.8%) |
Religion, N (%) | |
 Hindu | 174 (82.9%) |
 Others | 36 (17.1%) |
Caste, N (%) | |
 General | 34 (16.2%) |
 Non-general Caste (Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Class, Don’t know) | 176 (83.8%) |
Financial difficulty score a, mean (S.D.), range | 7.9 (1.4), 3–9 |
Patient type, N (%) | |
 Outpatient | 26 (12.4%) |
 Inpatient | 184 (87.6%) |
Type of cancer, N (%) | |
 Lung | 49 (23.3%) |
 Breast | 48 (22.9%) |
 Cervical | 32 (15.2%) |
 Oral | 23 (11%) |
 Colorectal | 6 (2.9%) |
 Gastric | 14 (6.7%) |
 Head and Neck | 10 (4.8%) |
 Other | 28 (13.3%) |