Research Article
Needs and Self-Care Efficacy for Cancer Patients Suffering from Side Effects of Chemotherapy
Table 1
Baseline characteristics among the study patients.
| Sociodemographic variables | N | % |
| Age | | | From 20 to less than 34 | 55 | 36.7 | From 35 to less than 50 | 37 | 24.7 | From 50 to 60 | 58 | 38.7∗ | Mean ± SD 42.67 ± 7.29 | | | Sex | | | Male | 68 | 45.3 | Female | 82 | 54.7∗ | Marital status | | | Single | 9 | 6.0 | Married | 116 | 77.3∗ | Widow | 20 | 13.3 | Divorced | 5 | 3.3 | Job | | | Not work | 97 | 64.7∗ | Work | 53 | 35.3 | Education | | | Illiterate | 35 | 23.3 | Reads and writes | 22 | 14.7 | Qualified average | 49 | 32.7∗ | High qualified | 44 | 29.3 | Cost | | | Health insurance | 142 | 94.7∗ | Private insurance | 8 | 5.3 | M income∗ | | | Not enough for treatment | 116 | 77.3∗ | Enough to cover the cost of treatment | 34 | 22.7 | Family M∗ | | | One | 4 | 2.7 | Two | 9 | 6.0 | Three | 29 | 19.3 | Four and more | 105 | 70.0∗ | “Depending-on” persons | | | Not found | 14 | 9.3 | Parents | 19 | 12.7 | Brothers | 16 | 10.7 | Sons | 31 | 20.7 | Wife or husband | 70 | 46.7∗ |
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M income∗: monthly income as stated by the patient. Family M∗: family members. ∗indicate the highest value in statistical results.
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