Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characterization of participants^a

Gender

Specialty

Male

375

38.5

Head and neck

73

7.5

Female

600

61.5

Higher digestive tract

94

9.6

Religion

Lower digestive tract

200

20.5

No

40

4.2

Gynecology

107

11.0

Yes

922

95.8

Hematology

4

.4

Religious Practice

Breast Cancer

297

30.5

No

139

14.5

Brain tumor

14

1.4

Yes

822

85.5

Orthopedic

24

2.5

Marital status

Skin

41

4.2

Single

139

14.3

Thorax

48

4.9

Married

631

64.8

Urology

73

7.5

Widowed

99

10.2

Clinical stage

Separated/Divorced

104

10.7

I

72

8.4

Working

II

215

25.1

No

716

73.6

III

333

38.8

Yes

257

26.4

IV

237

27.7

Economic class

Treatment type

A

24

2.4

Chemotherapy

616

63.4

B

334

34.3

Radiotherapy

163

16.8

C

462

47.4

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy

148

15.2

D and E

155

15.9

Hormone therapy

26

2.7

Data collection place

Immunotherapy

18

1.9

Outpatient

29

3.0

Metastasis

Hospitalization units

940

97.0

No

599

61.8

Yes

370

38.2

Body Mass Index (kg/m²)

<18.5 (Low weight)

57

5.9

18.5├25.0 (Eutrophic)

407

42.3

25.0├30.0 (Pre obesity)

310

32.2

≥30.0 (Obesity)

188

19.5