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Table 1 Social-demographic information and clinical characteristics (n = 306)

From: Unmet supportive care needs and its relation to quality of life among adult acute leukaemia patients in China: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Sample n (%)

Gender

 Male

159 (52.0)

 Female

147 (48.0)

Age (years)

 14 ~ 35

137 (44.8)

 36 ~ 60

128 (41.8)

  > 60

41 (13.4)

Marital status

 Married

227 (74.2)

 Not marrieda

79 (25.8)

Original residence

 City

160 (52.3)

 Country

146 (47.7)

Religion

 No

158 (51.6)

 Yesb

148 (48.4)

Occupation

 Farmer

81 (26.5)

 General worker

35 (11.4)

 Student

39 (12.7)

 Professionalsc

24 (7.8)

 Administrative staff

26 (8.5)

 Businessman

30 (9.8)

 Othersd

71 (23.3)

Education level

 High school and below

147 (48.1)

 Junior college

83 (27.1)

 Bachelor degree or above

76 (24.8)

Type of AL

 ALL

112 (36.6)

 AML

194 (63.4)

 Other diseasee

 No

169 (55.2)

 Yes

137 (44.8)

Disease course (month)

  ≤ 6

181 (59.2)

  > 6

125 (40.8)

Chemotherapy course (times)

 1 ~ 2

135 (44.1)

  ≥ 3

171 (55.9)

Treatment stage

 Induction

141 (46.1)

 Consolidation

114 (37.2)

 Maintenancef

51 (16.7)

  Initial treatment or not

 

 Yes

235 (76.8)

 No

71 (23.2)

  1. AL Acute leukemia, AML Acute myelogenous leukemia, ALL Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  2. a Not married includes single, widow, and divorced
  3. b Refer to practice a religion
  4. c Refer to engineers, doctors, nurses, teachers and other senior professional/technical workers
  5. d Others includes retirement
  6. e Refer to other primary diseases or chronic diseases except acute leukemia complications
  7. f Refer to support and symptomatic treatment of acute leukemia therapy