Unmet Supportive Care Needs among Breast Cancer Survivors of Community-Based Support Group in Kuching, Sarawak

Table 1

Sociodemographic and medical characteristics of respondents ().

Sociodemographic and medical characteristics		%	Mean (SD)
Age (years)			57.9 (9.53)
Below 60	57	56.4
60 and above	44	43.6
Ethnicity
Chinese	75	74.3
Malays and Sarawak indigenous group	26	25.7
Religion
Christianity	54	53.5
Buddhism	25	24.8
Islam	20	19.8
No religion	2	2.0
Marital status
Married	80	79.2
Never married/widowed/divorced/permanently separated	21	20.8
Cohabitation status
Lives alone or with 1 other person	22	21.8
Stays with 2 to 4 other persons	57	56.4
Stays with 5 or more other persons	22	21.8
Household income
Equal to or less than RM 3000	32	31.7
RM 3001–5000	44	43.6
More than RM 5000	25	24.8
Formal education
Primary education	20	19.8
Secondary education	61	60.4
Postsecondary or tertiary education	20	19.8
Employment status
Unemployed	71	70.3
Employed	30	29.7
Age at diagnosis (years)			49.7 (8.45)
Less than 50	46	45.5
50 and older	55	54.5
Duration of survivorship (years)			8.2 (5.72)
Up to 5	37	36.6
More than 5	64	63.4
Cancer stage at time of diagnosis
Early stage (Stages I and II)	79	80.6
Later stage (Stages III and IV)	19	19.4
Do not know	3	3.0
Current treatment status
No current active treatment	73	72.3
Undergoing active treatment	28	27.7

Unemployed: housewife/home maker, retiree.
Employed: government/private employee, self-employed.