Nutritional Status and Its Determinants among Adult Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy Treatment at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics of adult cancer patients under chemotherapy treatment at HUCSH, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia, 2021.

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age	18–40	102	31.5
	41–49	85	26.2
	50–59	97	29.9
	≥60	40	12.3
Sex	Female	223	68.8
	Male	101	31.2
Residences	Rural	215	66.4
	Urban	109	33.9
Ethnicity	Sidama	209	64.5
	Amhara	46	14.2
	Oromo	46	14.2
	Gurage	23	7.1
	Other
Religion	Orthodox	18	5.6
	Muslim	23	7.1
	Protestant	256	79
Marital status	Married	231	71.3
	Single	22	6.8
	Divorced	38	11.7
	Widowed	33	10.2
Educational status	No formal education	176	54.3
	Primary	89	27.5
	Secondary	30	9.3
	College and above	29	9.0
Occupational status	Housewife	125	37.7
	Farmer	90	27.4
	Merchant	50	15.5
	Government employee	30	9.4
	Unemployed	16	4.9
	Other	13	4.0
Wealth index	Lowest	65	20.1
	Second	109	33.6
	Middle	48	14.8
	Fourth	64	19.8
	Highest	38	11.7