Stress and Quality of Life of Patients with Cancer: The Mediating Role of Mindfulness

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants and mindfulness differences among the participants.

	Variable	Frequency (%)	Mindfulness		Statistic test	P value
			Mean	SD
Sex	Female	93 (45.4)	67.60	13.86	t = 0.80	0.42
	Male	112 (54.6)	69.08	12.49
Marital status	Single	25 (12.2)	70.52	11.09	F = 1.66	0.19
	Married	168 (82.0)	68.54	13.36
	Divorced/widow(er)	12 (5.9)	62.25	12.71
Education level	Uneducated	64 (31.2)	66.48	15.0	H = 1.13	0.77
	Middle/high school	56 (27.3)	69.41	11.58
	Diploma	33 (16.1)	67.45	15.46
	Academic	52 (25.4)	70.31	10.28
Job	Employed	120 (58.5)	68.99	12.0	Z = −0.18	0.86
	Unemployed	85 (41.5)	67.59	14.58
Income (million tomans)	<1	122 (59.5)	67.78	14.08	F = 0.74	0.53
	1–2	32 (15.6)	67.59	12.17
	2–3	32 (15.6)	69.31	12.42
	>3	19 (9.3)	72.32	8.74
History of cancer (month)	≤12	136 (66.4)	69.47	12.82
	13–24	32 (15.6)	71.03	12.34	F = 5.39	0.005
	>24	37 (18.0)	62.24	13.35
Type of cancer	Breast	40 (19.5)	67.05	13.37	F = 0.29	0.94
	Gastrointestinal	23 (11.2)	66.78	11.45
	Respiratory	34 (16.6)	68.03	15.14
	Blood	33 (16.1)	69.42	15.06
	Lymphoma	21 (10.2)	70.76	12.037
	Bone marrow	22 (10.7)	69.14	12.66
	Other	32 (15.6)	68.59	10.94
Cancer stage	Ι	92 (44.9)	70.01	13.12	F = 1.30	0.28
	Π	71 (34.6)	66.80	11.71
	ΠΙ	42 (20.5)	67.62	15.13
Cancer treatment	Chemotherapy	100 (48.8)	68.98	12.88	F = 0.22	0.80
	Surgery and chemotherapy	57 (27.8)	68.18	12.75
	Other combined therapies	48 (23.4)	67.50	14.23
History of chronic disease	Yes	70 (34.1)	69.25	12.92	t = 1.28	0.20
	No	135 (65.9)	66.79	13.44

t = independent t-test; F = ANOVA; H = Kruskal–Wallis H; Z = Mann–Whitney U.