Development and validation of the cancer self-perceived discrimination scale for Chinese cancer patients

Table 1 Scores of participant characteristics (Mean ± SD)

Characteristics	N	Total scores	P
Gender
Male	75	35.28 ± 11.07	0.007
Female	103	39.99 ± 11.51	0.007
Age
18–45	39	38.62 ± 9.90	0.128
46–59	88	39.32 ± 11.30
≥ 60	51	35.27 ± 12.77
Marital status
Married	159	37.61 ± 11.08	0.186
Unmarried	19	41.32 ± 14.72	0.186
Residence
Urban area	116	38.10 ± 11.44	0.877
Rural area	62	37.82 ± 11.79	0.877
Family numbers
≤ 3	91	37.46 ± 11.14	0.521
≥ 4	87	38.57 ± 11.96	0.521
Average monthly family income
≤ ¥3000	78	39.04 ± 12.77	0.352
¥3001–6000	60	38.13 ± 10.30
≥ ¥6001	40	35.80 ± 10.66
Education
Junior middle school and below	91	37.25 ± 13.08	0.371
Senior high school and above	87	38.79 ± 9.66	0.371
Occupational classification
Retiree	59	38.07 ± 11.98	0.066
Civil servant or institution officer	38	40.34 ± 6.89
Farmer or migrant worker	53	38.91 ± 12.91
Freelance professional	28	33.00 ± 11.91
Self-rated health
Good	41	33.15 ± 11.44	0.001
Average	89	38.08 ± 10.98^a
Poor	48	42.02 ± 11.24^ab
Time since diagnosis
≤ 12 months	96	36.78 ± 11.52	0.126
> 12 months	82	39.44 ± 11.45	0.126
Medical insurance
Urban basic health insurance	121	37.83 ± 11.22	0.556
New rural cooperatives medical service	55	38.93 ± 12.04	0.556
Cancer Type
Lung cancer	53	35.98 ± 10.08	0.130
Gynecologic malignancies	45	40.84 ± 11.95
Breast cancer	22	41.73 ± 11.41
Head and neck cancer	21	37.62 ± 12.56
Gastrointestinal cancer	21	35.43 ± 10.36
Lymphomas	16	35.50 ± 13.67

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