Table 1 Patient characteristics (N = 406)
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
Socio-demographics | |
Age (years) (mean ± SD) (range: 22–75) | 49.77 ± 9.57 |
Education level | |
Primary and lower | 84 (20.7) |
Secondary | 234 (57.6) |
Tertiary | 88 (21.7) |
Marital status | |
Married | 387 (95.3) |
Other | 19 (4.7) |
Employment status | |
Employed | 152 (37.4) |
Unemployed | 160 (39.4) |
Retired | 94 (23.2) |
Average monthly income over the past year (Chinese yuan) | |
< 1000 | 100 (24.6) |
1000–3000 | 174 (42.9) |
> 3000 | 132 (32.5) |
Residence | |
Rural | 200 (49.3) |
Urban | 206 (50.7) |
Suffering from chronic disease(s) | |
Yes | 80 (19.7) |
No | 326 (80.3) |
Clinical characteristics | |
Illness stage | |
I | 74 (18.2) |
II | 211 (52.0) |
III | 95 (23.4) |
IV | 26 (6.4) |
Surgery type | |
Modified radical mastectomy | 258 (63.5) |
Total mastectomy | 99 (24.4) |
Lumpectomy and axillary dissection | 37 (9.1) |
Breast conserving surgery | 12 (3.0) |
Chemotherapy | |
Yes | 402 (99.0) |
No | 4 (1.0) |
Radiotherapy | |
Yes | 46 (11.3) |
No | 360 (88.7) |
Endocrinotherapy | |
Yes | 34 (8.4) |
No | 372 (91.6) |
Needs importance (NI) (mean ± SD) | |
Respect/self-esteem needs (RSE) | 76.38 ± 12.44 |
Rehabilitation needs (REH) | 73.61 ± 13.57 |
Information needs (INF) | 71.54 ± 13.74 |
Physical needs (PHY) | 65.83 ± 17.84 |
Psychological needs (PSY) | 58.43 ± 19.58 |
Needs satisfaction (NS) (mean ± SD) | |
Respect/self-esteem needs (RSE) | 69.73 ± 12.49 |
Rehabilitation needs (REH) | 59.30 ± 16.09 |
Physical needs (PHY) | 55.99 ± 17.24 |
Information needs (INF) | 52.66 ± 16.84 |
Psychological needs (PSY) | 51.44 ± 18.22 |
Body image (BI) (mean ± SD) | |
BI-related behavior change (BI-BC) | 62.76 ± 14.83 |
BI-related self-cognition change (BI-SCo) | 59.04 ± 13.33 |
BI-related arm change (BI-AC) | 58.50 ± 11.93 |
BI-related psychological change (BI-PC) | 53.76 ± 16.72 |
BI-related sexual activity change (BI-SAC) | 52.83 ± 16.18 |
BI-related social change (BI-SC) | 52.03 ± 23.66 |
BI-related role change (BI-RC) | 50.03 ± 17.18 |
36-item Short Form Health Survey version 2.0 (SF-36v2) (mean ± SD) | |
Physical component summary (PCS) | 43.72 ± 6.15 |
Mental component summary (MCS) | 42.23 ± 9.09 |
Physical functioning (PF) | 45.54 ± 6.51 |
Role-physical (RP) | 34.85 ± 9.69 |
Bodily pain (BP) | 47.53 ± 9.89 |
General Health (GH) | 42.72 ± 8.89 |
Vitality (VT) | 48.75 ± 8.36 |
Social functioning (SF) | 39.15 ± 10.53 |
Role-emotional (RE) | 38.59 ± 10.70 |
Mental health (MH) | 44.12 ± 8.25 |
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast version 4.0 (FACT-Bv4.0) (mean ± SD) | |
Physical well-being (PWB) | 17.72 ± 5.07 |
Social/family well-being (SWB) | 18.46 ± 4.75 |
Emotional well-being (EWB) | 17.10 ± 4.34 |
Functional well-being (FWB) | 13.59 ± 5.42 |
Breast cancer specific additional concerns (BCS) | 21.84 ± 5.09 |
Total score | 88.71 ± 17.25 |