Table 1 Baseline characteristics
Variable | Frequency ( N =524) | % |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 239 | 45.6 |
Female | 285 | 54.4 |
Age (years) | ||
⩽30 | 12 | 2.3 |
30< to ⩽40 | 59 | 11.3 |
40< to ⩽50 | 121 | 23.1 |
50< to ⩽60 | 128 | 24.4 |
60< to ⩽70 | 161 | 30.7 |
70< | 43 | 8.3 |
Disease status | ||
Neoadjuvant | 25 | 4.8 |
Adjuvant | 169 | 32.3 |
Metastatic, first line | 160 | 30.5 |
Metastatic, second line | 79 | 15.1 |
Metastatic, third line | 49 | 9.4 |
Metastatic, fourth line | 21 | 4.0 |
Metastatic, fifth line | 11 | 2.1 |
Metastatic, sixth line | 8 | 1.5 |
Metastatic, seventh line | 2 | 0.4 |
Educational degree | ||
Postgraduate | 37 | 7.1 |
University | 153 | 29.2 |
High school | 185 | 35.3 |
Middle school | 57 | 10.9 |
Elementary school | 58 | 11.1 |
Uneducated | 10 | 1.9 |
Unknown | 24 | 4.6 |
Religion | ||
Buddhism | 162 | 30.9 |
Christian | 153 | 29.2 |
Catholicism | 74 | 14.1 |
Others | 79 | 15.1 |
Unknown | 56 | 10.7 |
Diagnosis | ||
Breast | 168 | 32.1 |
Lung | 98 | 18.7 |
Stomach | 47 | 9.0 |
Colorectal | 70 | 13.4 |
Hepatocellular | 14 | 2.7 |
Biliary | 21 | 4.0 |
Pancreas | 14 | 2.7 |
Lymphoma | 12 | 2.3 |
Head and neck | 23 | 4.4 |
Sarcoma | 11 | 2.1 |
Gynecology and genitourinary | 11 | 2.1 |
Oesophagus | 8 | 1.5 |
Othersa | 27 | 5.2 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 34 | 6.5 |
Married | 425 | 81.1 |
Bereavement | 29 | 5.5 |
Divorced | 20 | 3.8 |
Unknown | 16 | 3.1 |
Economic status | ||
>5b | 64 | 12.2 |
5⩾ to >4 | 46 | 8.8 |
4⩾ to >3 | 78 | 14.9 |
3⩾ to >2 | 58 | 11.1 |
2⩾ to >1 | 93 | 17.7 |
1⩾ | 129 | 24.6 |
Unknown | 56 | 10.7 |
Distance from clinic | ||
⩽2 h | 348 | 66.4 |
>2 h | 176 | 33.6 |
Private cancer insurance | ||
Yes | 253 | 48.3 |
No | 248 | 47.3 |
Unknown | 23 | 4.4 |
