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Table 4 Chi-square test of association between socio-demographic variables and PTSS

From: A prospective longitudinal study of post-traumatic stress symptoms and its risk factors in newly diagnosed female breast cancer patients

Variable

PTSS

Absent

n (%)

Baseline

PTSS

Present

n (%)

Baseline

Df = 1

Chi-square value

(Sig)

PTSS Absent

n (%)

3-months

PTSS

Present

n (%)

3-months

Df = 1

Chi-square value

(Sig)

PTSS

Absent

n (%)

6-month

PTSS

Present

n (%)

6-months

Df = 1

Chi-square value

(Sig)

Age (years)

  ≤ 50

58(58)

42(42)

0.22

51(51)

‘49(49)

5.14

42(42)

58(58)

12.9

  > 50

51(61)

32(39)

(0.64)

56(68)

27(32)

(0.02)

57(69)

26(31)

(< 0.001)

Income (Naira)

  ≤ 50,000

54(57)

40(43)

0.36

46(47)

52(53)

11 (< 0.001)

42(43)

56(57)

9.8 (< 0.001)

  > 50,000

55(62)

34(38)

(0.65)

61(72)

24(28)

57(67)

28(33)

Marital status

 Married

53(54)

45(46)

0.13

67(72)

26(28)

3.31

71(73)

26(27)

0.23

 Unmarried

46(54)

39(46)

(0.37)

59(66)

31(34)

(0.07)

72(84)

14(16)

(0.08)

Education

 Tertiary

65(58)

48(42)

5.74

81(70)

34(30)

1.06

88(74)

31(26)

1.39

 Secondary

34(49)

36(51)

(0.02)

45(66)

23(34)

(0.30)

55(86)

9(14)

(0.24)

Employment

 Unemployed

25(54)

21(46)

1.47

30(64)

17(36)

0.15

44(94)

3(6)

0.14

 Employed

74(54)

63(46)

(0.23)

96(71)

40(29)

(0.70)

99(73)

37(27)

(0.97)

Religiosity

 High

51(74)

18(26)

0.06

53(73)

20(27)

0.04

67(80)

17(20)

18

 Not high

48(42)

66(58)

(0.82)

73(66)

37(34)

(0.85)

76(77)

23(23)

(< 0.001)

Treatment access

 Not easy

22(37)

38(63)

1.70

44(63)

26(37)

5.71

56(75)

19(25)

11

 Easy

77(63)

46(37)

(0.20)

82(73)

31(27)

(0.02)

87(81)

21(19)

(< 0.001)

  1. Sig level of significance, n frequency