Pain Acceptance and Its Associated Factors among Cancer Patients in Mainland China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Relationships between sample characteristics and pain acceptance.

Characteristics	Total ()		Pain acceptance (mean ± SD)	t/F	value
		%
Age (years)				2.699	0.048
18–30	9	5.8	26.4 ± 11.3
31–50	61	39.1	23.7 ± 9.0
51–70	75	48.1	27.4 ± 7.8
>70	11	7.0	28.7 ± 6.6
Gender				11.796	<0.001
Male	83	53.2	31.5 ± 5.7
Female	73	46.8	19.7 ± 6.8
Education				0.477	0.699
Illiteracy/primary school	28	17.9	27.5 ± 7.0
Middle school	63	40.4	25.4 ± 8.3
High school	52	33.3	26.2 ± 9.1
College or above	13	8.3	25.0 ± 11.0
Marital status				−3.517	0.001
Married	148	94.9	25.5 ± 8.3
Unmarried	8	5.1	36.0 ± 7.3
Religious faith				−0.002	0.999
No	150	96.2	26.0 ± 8.6
Yes	6	3.8	26.0 ± 7.1
Income (RMB)				0.439	0.646
<3,000	74	47.4	26.6 ± 8.7
3,000–5,000	60	38.5	25.7 ± 8.2
>5,000	22	14.1	24.8 ± 9.5
Pain duration (months)				−2.320	0.022
3–6	134	85.9	25.4 ± 8.4
>6	22	14.1	29.9 ± 8.7
Number of pain sites				3.881	0.010
1	53	34.1	28.6 ± 7.5
2	37	23.7	26.1 ± 8.9
3	35	22.4	25.3 ± 8.8
>3	31	19.8	22.3 ± 8.5
Analgesic application				0.256	0.798
No	8	5.1	26.8 ± 10.4
Yes	148	94.9	26.0 ± 8.5
Duration of analgesic use (months)				6.303	<0.001
<3	9	5.8	15.3 ± 2.9
3–6	125	80.1	26.3 ± 7.9
>6	14	9.0	29.9 ± 10.2