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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics (n = 151)

From: Evaluating psychometric properties of the Short Form Brief Pain Inventory Sinhala Version (SF BPI-Sin) among Sinhala speaking patients with cancer pain in Sri Lanka

 

Frequency

Percentage

Age

 Mean 54.6 (SD ± 13.2) Range 20–80

Gender

  

 Male

79

52.3

 Female

72

47.7

Race

  

 Sinhala

133

88

 Tamil

10

6.6

 Muslim

3

2

 Burger

4

2.6

 Malay

1

0.7

Level of education

  

 Not attended to school

11

7.2

 Up to grade 5

54

35.7

 Up to grade 11

50

33.1

 Up to grade 13

33

21.9

 Graduate

2

1.3

 Post graduate

1

0.7

Marital status

  

 Single

13

8.6

 Married

111

73.5

 Divorced

4

2.6

 Living together

1

0.7

 Widow

22

14.6

Cancer diagnosis

  

 Uro-genital

38

25.2

 Gastro-intestinal

36

23.8

 Oro-facial

31

20.5

 Other

17

11.3

 Lung

14

9.3

 Breast

9

6

 Blood

6

4

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