Indicators of Psychiatric Disorders in Different Oncology Specialties: A Prevalence Study

Table 3

Substance abuse indicators according to sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (𝑁=1385).

Sociodemographic variables	FTND					FAST
	No		Yes		Stat.	No		Yes		Stat.
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%		𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Gender
Male	268	32.4	342	61.6	𝜒^2=114	438	38.2	174	73.1	𝜒^2=97.47
Female	558	67.6	213	38.4	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏	709	61.8	64	26.9	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏
Did not respond			04					0
Schooling (years)
≤09 years	391	47.3	423	76.2		657	57.3	161	67.6
10 to 12 years	265	32.1	90	16.2	𝜒^2=116	302	26.3	53	22.2	𝜒^2=9.97
>12 years	170	20.6	42	7.6	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏	188	16.4	24	10.1	𝐏=𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟕
Did not respond			04					0
Civil status
Single	138	16.7	84	15.2		184	16.0	40	16.7
Married/stable relationship	554	67.2	378	68.1	𝜒^2=3.27	768	67.0	165	69.3	𝜒^2=7.97
Divorced/separated	70	8.5	59	10.6	𝑃=0.35	103	9.0	26	11.0	𝐏=𝟎.𝟎𝟒𝟕
Widow/widower	63	7.6	34	6.1		91	8.0	07	3.0
Did not respond			05					0
Professional situation
Active	363	44.3	164	29.7	𝜒^2=29.5	447	39.2	81	34.2	𝜒^2=2.13
Inactive	457	55.7	388	70.3	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏	692	60.8	156	65.8	𝑃=0.14
Did not respond			13
Religion
Follows	692	84.0	405	73.0	𝜒^2=24.7	952	83.0	147	62.3	𝜒^2=51.45
Does not follow	132	16.0	150	27.0	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏	195	17.0	89	37.7	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏
Did not respond			06					0

𝑁: frequency, %: percentage, 𝑃: significance level, 𝜒²: chi square, FAST: Fast Alcohol Test, FTND: Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence, and stat.: statistic.