Research Article
Strategies to Promote Empowerment Status of Breast Cancer Women
Table 2
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the studied patients in the quantitative phase.
| Variables | Number of patients | % |
| Marital status | Single | 56 | 18.1 | Married | 254 | 81.9 | Total | 310 | 100 |
| How to live | Alone | 11 | 3.5 | With family | 299 | 96.5 | Total | 310 | 100 |
| Being head of household | Yes | 37 | 11.9 | No | 273 | 88.1 | Total | 310 | 100 |
| Education level | Illiterate | 23 | 7.4 | Elementary school | 234 | 75.5 | Academic | 53 | 17.1 | Total | 310 | 100 |
| Residence | Local | 142 | 45.8 | Nonlocal | 168 | 54.2 | Total | 310 | 100 |
| Employment status | Employed | 43 | 3.5 | Retired | 11 | 13.9 | Unemployed | 256 | 85.5 | Total | 310 | 100 |
| Stage of the disease | Stage 1 | 14 | 4.5 | Stage 2 | 23 | 7.4 | Stage 3 | 7 | 2.3 | Missing | 266 | 85.8 | Total | 310 | 100 |
| History of other diseases | Yes | 68 | 21.9 | No | 242 | 78.1 | Total | 310 | 100 |
| Having a job before the disease | Yes | 62 | 19.9 | No | 249 | 80.1 | Total | 310 | 100 |
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