Research Article

Personality and Perceived Health in Spousal Caregivers of Patients with Lung Cancer: The Roles of Neuroticism and Extraversion

Table 1

Descriptive statistics.

VariableM (SD) or (%)

Age, years63.4 (9.9)
Gender, female81 (71.1%)
Education, years13.0 (2.1)
Income
 <10,0002 (1.8%)
10,000–24,99924 (21.1%)
25,000–34,99931 (27.2%)
35,000–49,99931 (27.2%)
50,000 or higher26 (22.8%)
Race, Caucasian111 (97.3%)
Residing with patient112 (98.2%)
Cancer stage
 I54 (47.4%)
 II14 (12.3%)
 III28 (24.6%)
 IV18 (15.8%)
Cancer treatments
 Surgery only50 (43.9%)
 Radiation only5 (4.4%)
 Chemotherapy only3 (2.6%)
 Combination therapy32 (28.1%)
 No treatments24 (21.1%)

Note. . Percentages may not sum to 100.0% due to rounding.