Research Article
Satisfaction of Cancer Patients Treated with Oral Anticancer Medications regarding Dispensing by Community Pharmacists: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the patients analyzed (N = 91). Results are presented as number (percentage) and median (interquartile range).
| | Participants | 91 | | Female | 62.6 (57) | | Male | 37.4 (34) | | Age | 69 (58, 76) | | Marital status | | In couple | 69.2 (63) | | Single | 30.8 (28) | | Professional activity | | Unemployed | 9.9 (9) | | Employed | 24.2 (22) | | Retired | 65.8 (59) | | Unknown | 1.1 (1) | | Educational level | | No education | 12.1 (11) | | Middle school certificate | 36.3 (33) | | Secondary education certificate | 20.9 (19) | | Higher education degree | 27.5 (25) | | Unknown | 3.3 (3) | | Malignancies | | Breast | 25.3 (23) | | Lung | 24.2 (22) | | Hematological | 19.8 (18) | | Melanoma | 8.8 (8) | | Kidney | 6.6 (6) | | Digestive | 4.4 (4) | | Endocrine | 3.3 (3) | | Prostate | 2.2 (2) | | Leiomyosarcoma | 1.1 (1) | | Pelvis | 1.1 (1) | | Thymus | 1.1 (1) | | Thyroid | 1.1 (1) | | Unknown | 1.1 (1) | | Number of community pharmacies visited over the last 6 months | | 1 | 60.4 (55) | | 2 | 28.6 (26) | | 3 | 9.9 (9) | | Unknown | 1.1 (1) | | Number of medications per day | 3 (2, 5) | | Retrieval of OAMs | | Patient themselves | 82.4 (75) | | Assisted by carer | 17.6 (16) | | Duration of OAMs (weeks) | 38 (11, 125.5) | | Questionnaire transmitted in oncology department | 84.6 (77) | | Questionnaire transmitted in community pharmacy | 15.4 (14) |
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