Investigation of Factors Influencing the Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Breast Cancer Patients Using Structural Equation Modeling: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

The FoP-Q-SF score of breast cancer patients in general demographic and disease related data .

Item	Group	N = 325	FoP-Q-SF	t/F	value
Age	≤44	96	35.75 ± 10.90	5.166	<0.01
	45 ∼ 59	141	37.21 ± 10.33
	60 ∼ 74	74	31.14 ± 10.16
	≥74	14	30.17 ± 13.14
Nationality	Han	310	34.79 ± 10.66	−1.801	0.073
	Other	15	39.93 ± 13.38
Religious belief	Yes	303	35.22 ± 10.80	0.986	0.325
	No	22	32.86 ± 11.21
Marital status	Unmarried	12	42.33 ± 16.91	2.756	0.043
	Married	287	34.49 ± 10.51
	Divorced	12	38.58 ± 10.30
	Widowed	14	37.43 ± 9.36
Presence or absence of offspring	0	19	32.95 ± 17.79	0.787	0.456
	1	151	34.63 ± 10.10
	>1	155	35.74 ± 10.45
Place of abode	City	86	33.56 ± 11.83	3.417	0.034
	Town	69	33.28 ± 10.35
	Rural	170	36.55 ± 10.33
Occupation	Unemployed	28	34.82 ± 7.97	2.361	0.040
	Farmers	172	36.76 ± 10.58
	Workers	67	32.70 ± 9.49
	Individual household	7	34.71 ± 13.71
	Civil servants and public institutions	32	34.09 ± 14.27
	Other	19	30.16 ± 11.56
Education level	Primary and below	73	36.37 ± 9.79	3.039	0.029
	Junior high school	131	36.34 ± 10.37
	High school and technical secondary school	74	32.04 ± 10.47
	Junior college or above	47	34.21 ± 13.24
Family per capita monthly income	<1000 RMB	52	38.38 ± 10.28	3.004	0.031
	1000 ∼ 2999 RMB	165	35.31 ± 10.13
	3000 ∼ 4999 RMB	79	32.76 ± 11.98
	≥5000 RMB	29	33.97 ± 11.26
Payment method of medical expenses	At one’s own expense	9	43.79 ± 10.88	5.214	0.002
	Medical insurance for urban residents	27	32.11 ± 11.45
	Employee medical insurance	93	32.58 ± 11.43
	New rural cooperative medical insurance	196	36.24 ± 10.09
Major caregivers	Spouse	183	35.42 ± 10.77	0.526	0.717
	Children	104	34.21 ± 10.21
	Parents	26	36.92 ± 13.59
	Hire	1	31.00
	Other	11	33.09 ± 11.33
Surgery	No	42	33.88 ± 10.83	-0.757	0.450
	Yes	283	35.24 ± 10.84
Other treatments	None	72	33.52 ± 11.37	1.168	0.312
	Chemotherapy	249	35.56 ± 10.69
	Radiation therapy	4	32.00 ± 8.29
Disease stage	I	52	32.12 ± 11.19	4.002	0.008
	II	126	34.51 ± 9.86
	III	119	35.65 ± 10.11
	IV	28	40.54 ± 14.96
Incidence	First	274	35.03 ± 10.74	−0.111	0.912
	Recurrence	51	35.22 ± 11.41

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