Table 1 Descriptive analysis of patients’ personal and clinical characteristics (n = 220)
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Male | 111 (50.5) |
Female | 109 (49.5) |
Marital status | |
Single | 50 (22.7) |
Married | 116 (52.7) |
Widower | 33 (15.0) |
Divorced | 21 (9.5) |
Educational level | |
Elementary | 79 (35.9) |
Basic | 69 (31.4) |
High school | 65 (29.5) |
Higher education | 7 (3.2) |
Professional activity | |
Active | 143 (65) |
Inactive | 77 (35) |
Cancer: primary site | |
Uterus | 39 (17.7) |
Stomach | 32 (14.5) |
Lung | 25 (11.4) |
Prostate | 20 (9.1) |
Liver | 19 (8.6) |
Leukemia | 15 (6.8) |
Mama | 10 (4.5) |
Kidney | 9 (4.1) |
Brain | 7 (3.2) |
Pancreas | 6 (2.7) |
Lymphoma | 6 (2.7) |
Esophagus | 5 (2.3) |
Osteosarcoma | 5 (2.3) |
Penis | 4 (1.8) |
Multiple myeloma | 4 (1.8) |
Others | 14 (6.4) |
Type of treatment | |
Palliative | 110 (50) |
Curative | 72 (32.7) |
Both | 38 (17.3) |
Current treatment | |
Drug therapy | 117 (53.2) |
Chemotherapy | 69 (31.4) |
Radiotherapy | 11 (5.0) |
Surgical | 23 (10.5) |
Metastasis | |
Yes | 124 (56.4) |
No | 96 (43.6) |