Table 1 Demographic information of patients after radical prostatectomy (n = 426).

From: Validity and reliability of the brief form of the normative male alexithymia scale among Chinese patients after radical prostatectomy

Variables

Group

N (%)

NMAS-BF (Mean ± SD)

F/t

P

Spouse accompanying

 

Yes

416 (97.7)

4.36±1.07

− 1.25

0.213

No

10 (2.3)

4.78±0.08

Educational level

 

Primary school and below

179 (42.0)

4.17±1.37

6.59

0.002

Secondary school or Technical School

171 (40.1)

4.57±6.23

College or above

76 (17.8)

4.39±0.91

Family residence

 

Urban areas

231 (54.2)

4.24±1.35

− 2.36

0.019

Rural areas

195 (45.8)

4.48±0.72

Household monthly income (Yuan)

 

1000

127 (29.8)

3.92±1.34

18.22

0.000

1001~3000

125 (29.3)

4.61±0.79

3000

174 (40.8)

4.53±0.88

Health insurance

 

Self-financed

10 (2.3)

4.13±0.17

3.02

0.050

Urban medical insurance

264 (62.0)

4.47±0.73

Rural cooperative medical service

152 (35.7)

4.22±1.48

Quantity of children

 

1

123 (28.9)

4.51±0.78

10.36

0.000

2

101 (23.7)

3.96±1.38

≥ 3

202(47.4)

4.49±3.97