Research Article
Attitudes toward Cancer Diagnosis Disclosure and Resilience among Suspicious Lung Cancer Patients, Lung Cancer Patients, and Their Families
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics.
| | Variable | SLCPs group | Family of SLCPs group | LCPs group | Family of LCPs group | | N = 254 | N = 254 | N = 254 | N = 254 |
| | Age (mean, SD) | 51.89 (13.06) | 40.54 (12.17) | 53.82 (9.70) | 41.16 (12.66) | | Gender (n, %) | | Male | 120 (47.2) | 131 (51.6) | 91 (35.8) | 140 (55.1) | | Female | 134 (52.8) | 123 (48.4) | 163 (64.2) | 114 (44.9) | | Cancer stage | | Early stage (I-II stage) | — | — | 213 (83.86) | — | | Advanced stage (III-IV stage) | — | — | 41 (16.14) | — | | Marriage status (n, %) | | Not married | 28 (11.0) | 48 (18.9) | 22 (8.7) | 44 (17.3) | | Married | 226 (89.0) | 206 (81.1) | 232 (91.3) | 210 (82.7) | | Education level (n, %) | | Middle school and below | 149 (58.7) | 85 (33.5) | 133 (52.4) | 77 (30.3) | | High school and above | 105 (41.3) | 169 (66.5) | 121 (47.6) | 177 (69.7) | | Residence (n, %) | | Rural | 134 (52.8) | 120 (47.2) | 125 (49.2) | 116 (45.7) | | Urban | 120 (47.2) | 134 (52.8) | 129 (50.8) | 138 (54.3) | | Month income (n, %) | | 3000–3999 and below | 165 (65.0) | 126 (49.6) | 174 (68.5) | 156 (61.4) | | 4000–4999 and above | 89 (35.0) | 128 (50.4) | 80 (31.5) | 98 (38.6) | | Ethnicity (n, %) | | Han | 180 (70.9) | 174 (68.5) | 218 (85.8) | 225 (88.6) | | Ethnic minority | 74 (29.1) | 80 (31.5) | 36 (14.2) | 29 (11.4) | | Belief (n, %) | | No | 204 (80.3) | 206 (81.1) | 244 (96.1) | 247 (97.2) | | Yes | 50 (19.7) | 48 (18.9) | 10 (3.9) | 7 (2.8) | | Resilience (median, range) | 28.0 (4, 40) | 30.00 (12, 40) | 27.0 (0, 40) | 27.0 (0, 40) |
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