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Table 1 Demographic and Breast Cancer Surgery and Treatment Characteristics by Pain Extent Group

From: Effects of chronic widespread pain on the health status and quality of life of women after breast cancer surgery

Variable

Regional Pain n = 11

Widespread Pain n = 12

Age (years)

56.8 (5.5)

58.7 (8.6)

Education (years)

16.0 (2.4)

14.8 (3.2)

Ethnic (% white)

91

100

Marital Status (% married)

73

69

Employment (% employed)

63

67

Time since Surgery (years)

5.9 (2.9)

5.4 (3.6)

Type of Surgery

  

   Lumpectomy (%)

36

33

   Mastectomy (%)

64

67

Axillary Node Dissection (%)

54

67

Breast Reconstruction (%)

18

0

Tissue Expansion (%)

100

0

Radiation Therapy (%)

60

80

Time Since Radiation (years)

4.2 (3.2)

2.9 (3.0)

Chemotherapy (%)

55

64

Time Since Chemo (years)

5.5 (2.4)

2.8 (1.6)

Anti-estrogen Therapy (%)

73

75

Current Anti-estrogen Therapy (%)

36

58

  1. Numbers are means and standard deviations except when noted as percentages