Table 2 Demographic and medical characteristics of patients and the distributions of cancer-related symptoms in categorical items

Demographic information

 Gender

0.977

0.906

0.939

0.897

0.743

  Male

52 (48.15)

12.57±5.98

53.45±9.23

6.39±3.1

10.62±5.08

9.85±4.95

  Female

56 (51.85)

12.61±5.39

53.66±9.19

6.43±3.28

10.49±5.87

10.16±4.86

 Relationship status

0.873

0.396

0.983

0.418

0.206

  Married, living with partner

80 (74.77)

12.47±5.42

53.01±8.48

6.4±3.15

10.8±5.33

10.31±4.83

  Living alone

27 (25.23)

12.67±6.34

55.02±11.13

6.42±3.38

9.8±6.04

8.93±4.99

 Education

0.544

0.741

0.845

0.441

0.614

  Middle school

54 (50.47)

12.5±5.54

53.1±8.93

6.41±3.16

10.92±5.33

10.41±4.82

  High school

28 (26.17)

11.73±6.8

53.21±10.66

6.16±3.77

9.4±5.74

9.32±5.27

  Junior college or above

25 (23.36)

13.45±4.35

54.78±8.23

6.67±2.64

11.04±5.66

9.73±4.67

Medical information

 Aware of cancer diagnosis

0.067

0.081

1

0.018

0.038

  Yes

69 (65.71)

13.32±5.66

54.81±8.63

6.46±3.13

11.58±5.6

10.75±5.03

  No

36 (34.29)

11.19±5.47

51.5±9.97

6.46±3.32

8.93±4.87

8.67±4.36

 First time to PCU

0.836

0.394

0.884

0.76

0.732

  Yes

84 (77.78)

12.53±5.76

53.16±9.1

6.43±3.27

10.64±5.41

10.1±4.89

  No

24 (22.22)

12.8±5.41

54.98±9.45

6.33±2.91

10.25±5.82

9.71±4.95

 KPS score (range 0-100)

0.098

0.423

0.415

0.482

0.721

  ≥ 50

58 (54.72)

11.73±5.56

52.8±9.34

6.15±3.31

10.19±5.3

9.83±5.12

  < 50

48 (45.28)

13.57±5.74

54.23±8.84

6.66±3.06

10.95±5.67

10.17±4.67