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Table 1 Main characteristics of the 205 patient-caregiver dyads

From: Domains of quality of life freely expressed by cancer patients and their caregivers: contribution of the SEIQoL

  

N (%)

MD

M ± SD

%

1. Patients

  Age

Years

61.5 ± 11.7

7.8

  Gender

Woman

91 (44.4)

0

Man

114 (55.6)

 

  Educational level

<12 years

108 (58.1)

9.3

> = 12 years

78 (41.9)

 

  Marital status

Single

51 (26.2)

4.9

Couple

144 (73.8)

 

  Professional status

Worker

55 (33.1)

19.0

Not worker

111 (66.9)

 

  Localization of cancer

Lung

56 (28.3)

3.4

Head and neck

51 (24.8)

 

Gynecologic

39 (19.7)

 

Urologic

21 (10.6)

 

Soft tissue sarcoma

8

 

Digestive

7

 

Dermatologic

6

 

Lymphoma

3

 

Bone

3

 

Adrenal

2

 

Undefined

2

 

  WHO Performans status

0

125 (63.5)

3.9

> = 1

72 (36.5)

 

  Nodes

 

109 (64.5)

17.6

  Metastasis

 

67 (36.2)

9.8

  Time since diagnosis

Days

39.08 ± 35.1

9.8

2. Caregivers

  Age

Years

55,6 ± 14,4

22.4

  Relationship with the patient

Partner

125 (61.0)

0

Children

44 (21.5)

 

Brother/sister

12 (5.9)

 

Parent

6 (2.9)

 

Othersa

18 (8.8)

 

  Gender

Woman

146 (71.2)

0

Man

59 (28.8)

 

  Educational level

<12 years

79 (48.8)

21.0

> = 12 years

83 (51.2)

 

  Marital status

Single

30 (15.8)

7.3

Couple

160 (84.2)

 

  Professional status

Worker

31 (16.4)

7.8

Not worker

158 (83.6)

 
  1. afriend, other member of the family, previous partner, other cases
  2. N (%): effective (percents); M ± SD: mean ± standard deviation; MD: missing data