Research Article
Symptom Experiences before Medical Help-Seeking and Psychosocial Responses of Patients with Esophageal Cancer: A Qualitative Study
Table 1
Participant characteristics.
| | Number of participants n = 14 (%) |
| | Age mean (range) | 65 (47–79) | | Sex | | Female | 2 (14) | | Male | 12 (86) | | Marital status | | Married | 12 (86) | | Living alone | 2 (14) | | Residential status | | Rural | 9 (64) | | Urban | 5 (36) | | Education status | | Primary or none | 6 (43) | | Secondary | 6 (43) | | Tertiary | 2 (14) | | Smoking behavior | | Current smoker | 7 (50) | | Ex-smoker | 3 (21) | | Never smoked | 4 (29) | | Alcohol | | Overconsumptiona | 8 (57) | | Time since diagnosis | | 1-2 weeks | 4 (29) | | 2-3 weeks | 3 (21) | | 3-4 weeks | 7 (50) | | Type of pathology | | Adenocarcinoma | 0 (0) | | Squamous-cell carcinoma | 14 (100) | | Stage | | Stage I | 2 (14) | | Stage II/III | 11 (79) | | Stage IV | 1 (7) | | Treatment | | Neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy | 3 (21) | | Surgery | 11 (79) |
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aChinese dietary guideline limit on grams of alcohol for women (men) is 15 (25) grams/day.
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