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Table 5 Relationship between the total number of cases and patients with distress as regarding patient’s and disease’s characteristics

From: Anxiety, depression and perceived stress among breast cancer patients: single institute experience

 

Total (n = 64), no. (%)

Distress (n = 50), no. (%)

Test of significance

p value

Stage

 Early

21 (32.8)

18 (36.0)

FE = 1.05

0.35

 Advanced

43 (67.2)

32 (64.0)

Surgery

 Done (MRM, CS)

53 (82.8)

43 (86.0)

FE + 1.63

0.20

 Not

11 (17.2)

7 (14.0)

Marital status

 Single

17 (26.5)

13 (26.0)

FE = 0.03

1.00

 Married

4(73.4)

37 (74.0)

Menopause

 Pre

36 (56.3)

27 (54.0)

χ2 = 0.47

0.49

 Post

28 (43.8)

23 (46.0)

Residence

 Urban

14 (21.9)

10 (20.0)

FE = 0.47

0.48

 Rural

50 (78.0

40 (80.0)

Occupation

 Unemployed

61 (95.3)

48 (96.0)

FE = 0.24

0.62

 Employee

3 (4.7)

2 (4.0)

Education

 Illiterate

33 (51.6)

25 (50.0)

χ2 = 0.22

0.63

 Educated

31 (48.4)

25 (50.0)

Income

 Satisfactory

17 (26.6)

5 (29.4)

FE = 3.94

0.04a

 Not satisfactory

47 (73.4)

45 (95.7)

  1. χ2 chi-squared test, FE Fisher’s exact test
  2. aSignificant