Research Article
Fear of Progression and Resilience as Mediators of the Association between Family Function and Quality of Life among Patients with Cervical Cancer
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical data of the cervical cancer patients.
| | Characteristics | Participants (n = 252) |
| | Age (years), n (%) | | <40 | 32 (12.7) | | 40∼59 | 118 (46.8) | | ≥60 | 102 (40.5) | | Marital status, n (%) | | Married for 20 years | 46 (18.3) | | Married for 20∼30 years | 67 (26.6) | | Married for more than 30 years | 139 (55.2) | | Education level, n (%) | | Elementary school or less | 138 (54.8) | | Junior high school | 73 (29.0) | | High school or more | 41 (16.3) | | Occupation, n (%) | | Employed | 149 (59.2) | | Retired | 22 (11.1) | | Unemployed | 81 (32.1) | | Residence, n (%) | | Rural | 95 (37.7) | | Town | 63 (25.0) | | County | 47 (18.7) | | City | 47 (18.7) | | Payment method of medical costs, n (%) | | Self-supporting | 14 (5.6) | | New rural cooperative medical care system | 142 (56.3) | | Medical insurance for urban residents | 96 (38.1) | | Monthly income (RMB), n (%) | | <3000 | 111 (44.0) | | 3000∼5000 | 105 (41.7) | | >5000 | 36 (14.3) | | Type of pathology (n = 189, n %) | | Squamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix | 170 (89.9) | | Cervical adenocarcinoma | 17 (8.9) | | Other | 2 (1.2) | | Aware of the “cervical and breast cancer screening service,” n (%) | | Know | 96 (38.1) | | Know some | 112 (44.4) | | Don’t know at all | 44 (17.5) |
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