Pain Narratives in Breast Cancer Survivors

Table 1

Sociodemographic and medical characteristics of the 21 breast cancer survivors interviewed.

	Age	PHY	PSY	Marital status	Employment situation	Mastectomy	Reconstruction	Axillary surgery	On hormonotherapy at the time of the study
Stella	26	28	15	Single	Working	Partial	No	Yes	Yes
Cindy	26	24	16	Single	Working	Partial	No	No	Yes
Hannah	30	29	23	Married	Working	Partial	No	No	Yes
Emmy	31	31	24	Married	Sick leave	Partial	No	Yes	No
Megan	32	32	20	Married	Working	Partial	No	No	Yes
Helen	32	30	25	Married	Working	Partial	No	No	No
Nancy	33	21	8	Married	Working	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sue	40	34	29	Married	Working	Total	Yes	Yes	Yes
Silvia	41	27	22	Married	Working	Total	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kate	42	26	23	Married	Housewife	Total	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hillary	42	35	29	Married	Working	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes
Laura	42	23	20	Married	Working	Total	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rachel	43	15	12	Single	Sick leave	Partial	No	Yes	No
Bree	66	29	23	Widow	Retired	Partial	No	No	Yes
Eva	68	21	11	Widow	Retired	Partial	Yes	No	Yes
Linda	68	26	23	Married	Retired	Partial	No	Yes	Yes
Mary	72	35	27	Married	Retired	Partial	No	No	Yes
Clara	75	15	17	Divorced	Retired	Total	No	Yes	Yes
Ella	75	26	23	Married	Retired	Partial	No	No	Yes
Sharon	78	24	20	Single	Retired	Partial	No	Yes	Yes
Susan	83	27	22	Married	Retired	Total	No	Yes	Yes