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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics (n = 156)

From: The use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with cancer: a cross-sectional survey in Saudi Arabia

Characteristic

Number

Percent

Gender

Male

71

45.5

 

Female

85

54.5

Marital status

Married

123

78.8

 

Single

33

21.1

Education level

Uneducated

37

23.7

 

Higher education

47

30.1

 

Lower education

72

46.1

Work status

Not working

82

52.6

 

Working

38

24.4

 

Retired

36

23.1

Monthly income

≤SR 6000

59

37.8

 

>SR 6000

93

59.6

 

Rather not state

4

2.6

Smoking

Current

17

10.9

 

Former

23

14.7

 

Never smoked

116

74.4

Cancer type

Solid tumor

128

82.1

 

Hematological malignancy

28

17.9

Cancer stage

Non-metastatic

94

60.3

 

Metastatic

34

21.8

 

NA

28

17.9

Type of treatment

Surgery

90

57.7

 

Radiation

69

44.2

 

Chemotherapy

131

84

 

Stem cell transplant

16

10

  1. Higher education: college and postgraduate, lower education: elementary to high school, NA: not applicable, SR: Saudi riyals