Needs and Self-Care Efficacy for Cancer Patients Suffering from Side Effects of Chemotherapy

Table 6

Relation between social needs and their sociodemographic variables.

Sociodemographic variables		Social need			Tests
		Mean	±	SD	t/f	value
Age	From 20 to less than 34	2.564	±	0.996	6.747	0.002^∗
	From 35 to less than 50	2.378	±	1.063
	From 50 to 60	1.879	±	1.010
Sex	Male	2.309	±	1.069	0.584	0.560
	Female	2.207	±	1.051
Marital status	Single	3.333	±	0.866	5.412	<0.001^∗∗
	Married	2.276	±	1.043
	Widower	1.750	±	0.967
	Divorced	1.800	±	0.447
Job	Not work	2.062	±	1.029	−3.087	0.002^∗
	Work	2.604	±	1.025
Education	Illiterate	1.657	±	1.056	14.526	<0.001^∗∗
	Reads and writes	1.818	±	0.588
	Qualified average	2.245	±	0.693
	High qualified	2.955	±	1.180
Cost					4.714	0.010^∗
	Health insurance	2.282	±	1.032
	Private insurance	2.875	±	0.991
M income∗	Not enough for treatment	2.034	±	0.884	−5.057	<0.001^∗∗
	Enough to cover the cost of treatment	3.000	±	1.255
Residence	North of Gaza Governorate	2.212	±	0.857	−0.253	0.801
	Gaza Governorate	2.210	±	1.109
	The middle governorate	2.265	±	1.129
Family M∗	No	2.000	±	0.000	0.932	0.447
	One	1.750	±	0.500
	Two	2.111	±	0.928
	Three	2.552	±	0.948
	Four and more	2.210	±	1.115
“Depending-on” persons	Not found	2.071	±	0.730	2.508	0.045^∗
	Parents	2.789	±	1.228
	Brothers	1.875	±	0.885
	Sons	2.000	±	0.856
	Wife or husband	2.343	±	1.128

M income^∗: monthly income. Family M^∗: family members. SD: standard deviation. f/t: F-test/T-test. Nonsig.: >0.05; sig.: ≤0.05^∗; high sig.: ≤0.001^∗∗.