Research Article
Fear of Progression and Resilience as Mediators of the Association between Family Function and Quality of Life among Patients with Cervical Cancer
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical data of the cervical cancer patients.
| Characteristics | Participants (n = 252) |
| Age (years), n (%) | <40 | 32 (12.7) | 40∼59 | 118 (46.8) | ≥60 | 102 (40.5) | Marital status, n (%) | Married for 20 years | 46 (18.3) | Married for 20∼30 years | 67 (26.6) | Married for more than 30 years | 139 (55.2) | Education level, n (%) | Elementary school or less | 138 (54.8) | Junior high school | 73 (29.0) | High school or more | 41 (16.3) | Occupation, n (%) | Employed | 149 (59.2) | Retired | 22 (11.1) | Unemployed | 81 (32.1) | Residence, n (%) | Rural | 95 (37.7) | Town | 63 (25.0) | County | 47 (18.7) | City | 47 (18.7) | Payment method of medical costs, n (%) | Self-supporting | 14 (5.6) | New rural cooperative medical care system | 142 (56.3) | Medical insurance for urban residents | 96 (38.1) | Monthly income (RMB), n (%) | <3000 | 111 (44.0) | 3000∼5000 | 105 (41.7) | >5000 | 36 (14.3) | Type of pathology (n = 189, n %) | Squamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix | 170 (89.9) | Cervical adenocarcinoma | 17 (8.9) | Other | 2 (1.2) | Aware of the “cervical and breast cancer screening service,” n (%) | Know | 96 (38.1) | Know some | 112 (44.4) | Don’t know at all | 44 (17.5) |
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