Table 1 Participant demographic and medical information (N = 181)
Variable | Mean (SD)/N (%) |
|---|---|
Age | 50.44 (9.99) |
Partnership status | |
 Unmarried | 22 (12%) |
 Married | 114 (63%) |
 Live together | 12 (7%) |
 Widowed | 9 (5%) |
 Divorced | 24 (13%) |
Educational level | |
 Elementary school | 3 (2%) |
 Middle school | 39 (22%) |
 High school | 74 (41%) |
 Graduation | 65 (36%) |
Employment status | |
 Worker | 125 (69%) |
 Retired | 17 (9%) |
 Homemaker | 29 (16%) |
 Other | 10 (6%) |
Religion/spirituality | |
 Practicing religion | 99 (55%) |
 Religious but not practicing | 56 (31%) |
 Belief in something but no specific religious faith | 12 (7%) |
 Atheist | 8 (4%) |
 Agnostic | 2 (1%) |
 Other | 4 (2%) |
Living arrangements | |
 Live alone | 18 (10%) |
 Do not live alone | 163 (90%) |
Family network (N = 102) | |
 Partner | 94 (92%) |
 Children | 93 (91%) |
 Nephew | 12 (12%) |
 Parents | 20 (20%) |
 Grandparents | 4 (4%) |
 Brothers/Sisters | 23 (23%) |
 Other | 6 (6%) |
Hobbies | |
 No | 26 (14%) |
 Yes | 155 (86%) |
Volunteering | |
 No | 138 (76%) |
 Yes | 43 (24%) |
Time since diagnosis | |
 Less than 2 months | 9 (5%) |
 Less than 6 months | 22 (12%) |
 Less than 1 year | 37 (20%) |
 Less than 2 year | 41 (23%) |
 Less than 5 year | 46 (25%) |
 More than 5 years | 26 (14%) |
Tumor stage (N = 160) | |
 I | 56 (35%) |
 II | 50 (31%) |
 III | 34 (21%) |
 IV | 6 (4%) |
 Not staged | 14 (9%) |
Metastasis (N = 179) | |
 Yes | 50 (28%) |
 No | 129 (72%) |
Chemotherapy purpose (N = 146) | |
 Curative | 145 (99%) |
 Palliative | 1 (1%) |
Toxicity1 of Treatments(N = 150) | |
 1–2 | 61 (41%) |
 3–4 | 89 (59%) |
Surgery (N = 179) | |
 Yes | 143 (80%) |
 No | 35 (19%) |
 Pending | 1 (1%) |
Radiotherapy (N = 179) | |
 Yes | 79 (44%) |
 No | 94 (53%) |
 Ongoing | 6 (3%) |
Chemotherapy (N = 180) | |
 Yes | 100 (56%) |
 No | 40 (22%) |
 Ongoing | 40 (22%) |
Hormone treatment (N = 179) | |
 Yes | 126 (70%) |
 No | 53 (30%) |