Role of Symptomatic Management in Understanding Effects of Early Integration of Palliative Care among Nonmetastatic Lung Cancer Patients on Psychological Well-Being

Table 1

Prevalence of demographic distribution according to the stage of the participant.

Demographic variables	Standard care combined EIPCS (N = 64) (%)	Standard oncology care only (N = 51) (%)	value
Age
40–50 years	(13) 20.31	(35) 68.63
50–60 years	(39) 60.94	(11) 21.57	0.032
>60 years	(12) 18.75	(5) 9.8
Residence
Rural	(35) 54.69	(25) 49.1
Urban	(29) 45.31	(26) 50.98	1.01
Relationship status
Living with spouse	(52) 81.25	(44) 86.27
Living without spouse	(12) 18.75	(7) 13.73	1.42
Family income
<500	(12) 18.75	(15) 29.41
500–1000	(45) 70.31	(30) 58.82	1.13
>1000	(7) 10.94	(6) 11.76
Education
Primary education	(38) 59.34	(29) 56.86	1.76
Secondary education	(18) 28.12	(15) 29.41
Graduate	(8) 12.5	(7) 13.73
Occupation
Involved with work	(20) 31.25	(17) 33.33	1.34
Unemployed	(44) 68.75	(34) 66.67
Smoking pattern
Active smokers	(47) 73.44	(32) 62.75
Passive smokers	(17) 26.56	(19) 37.25	0.001
Clinicopathological factors	Standard care combined EIPCS	Standard oncology care	value
Duration of treatment since diagnosis (early PCS)
>3 months	(26) 40.62%	(19) 37.25%
3–6 months	(29) 45.31%	(23) 45.1%	1.65
More than 6 months	(9) 14.07%	(9) 17.64%
Treatment
Chemotherapy	(49) 76.56%	(39) 76.47%
Radiotherapy	(12) 18.75%	(8) 15.69%	1.45
Chemotherapy + radiation	(3) 4.69%	(4) 7.84%
Psychological factor
ESAS	87.47 ± 1.03	87.75 ± 1.02	2.96
WEMWBS	17.69 ± 4.17	18.60 ± 2.1	0.89

A significance for “^∗” is <0.01.