Table 1 Patients’ and disease characteristics (n = 64)
From: Anxiety, depression and perceived stress among breast cancer patients: single institute experience
Variable | Mean ± SD, range |
|---|---|
Age | 52.29 ± 11.64, 30.0–75.0 |
Family members | 5 ± 2, 1–13 |
Number of children | 4 ± 2, 0–11 |
Variable | No. (%) |
Marital status | |
 Never married | 4 (6.3) |
 Married | 47 ( 73.4) |
 Widow | 13 (20.3) |
Residence | |
 Rural | 14 (21.9) |
 Urban | 50 (78.1) |
Education of the patients | |
 Illiterate | 32 (50.0) |
 Secondary | 29 (45.3) |
 Higher | 3 (4.7) |
Education of the husband | |
 Illiterate | 26 (40.6) |
 Secondary | 33 (51.6) |
 Higher | 5 (7.8) |
Occupation | |
 Housewife (n = 61) | 61 (95.3) |
 Working (n = 3) | 3 (4.7) |
Occupation of the husband | |
 Manual worker | 43 (67.2) |
 Employee | 12 (18.8) |
 Retired | 9 (14.0) |
Income | |
 Enough | 17 (26.6) |
 Not enough | 47 (73.4) |
Medical comorbidity | |
 Present | 18 (28.1) |
 Absent | 46 (71.9) |
Menopausal | |
 Premenopausal | 36 ( 56.3) |
 Postmenopausal | 28 (43.8) |
Family history psychiatric disorder | |
 Yes | 6 (9.4) |
 No | 58 (90.6) |
Disease characteristics | No. (%) |
Stage | |
 I | 5 (7.8) |
 II | 16 (25.0) |
 III | 32 (50.0) |
 IV | 11 (17.2) |
Surgery | |
 MRM | 46 (71.9) |
 CS | 7 (10.9) |
 No surgery | 11 (17.2) |