Research Article

Adequacy of Cancer-Related Pain Treatments and Factors Affecting Proper Management in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Table 1

Demographic details of cancer patients at the oncology unit of ACSH, Mekelle, Ethiopia (n = 91).

VariablesFrequencyPercentage

Gender
Male4751.6
Female4448.4

Age category in years
18–455257.1
46–653336.3
≥6566.6

Residence
Rural2830.8
Urban6369.2

Region
Tigray8997.8
Afar11.1
Others11.1

Religion
Orthodox7481.3
Protestant99.9
Muslim88.8

Occupation
Student1112.1
Governmental1213.2
Merchant1516.5
Farmer3336.3
Private99.9
None1112.1

Marital status
Married6571.4
Single1415.4
Widowed66.6
Divorced66.6

Income range
≤20001819.8
2001–50001011
>50001415.4
Missing (no data)49

Family size
1–31314.3
4–63336.3
>63134.1
01415.4

Mean = 44.8 ± 13.6; 3590.2 ± 2336.5; 4.97 ± 3.06.