Table 1 Patient Characteristics (N = 1416)
From: The trends of complementary alternative medicine use among cancer patients
Characteristics | 2006–2008 N = 464 N(%) | 2016–2018 N = 952 N(%) | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
Male | 184 (39.7) | 367 (38.5) | 0.6890 |
Female | 280 (60.3) | 585 (61.4) | |
Median Age/Range | 54 (34–72) | 56 (26–81) | 0.3840 |
Marital Status: N = 1408 | |||
Married | 337 (73.90) | 654 (68.7) | 0.0857 |
Single | 43 (9.4) | 117 (12.3) | |
Separated | 1 (0.2) | 14 (1.5) | |
Divorced | 13 (3) | 28 (3) | |
Widow | 62 (13.6) | 139 (14.6) | |
Level of Education: N = 1404 | |||
Illiterate | 51 (11.3) | 100 (10.5) | <.0001 |
Primary | 73 (16.1) | 162 (17.0) | |
Intermediate | 188 (41.6) | 280 (29.4) | |
Secondary | 71 (15.7) | 243 (25.5) | |
Higher education | 69 (15.3) | 167 (17.5) | |
Work Status: N = 1358 | |||
No Job | 328 (70.7) | 752 (79) | 0.0006 |
Job | 136 (29.3) | 200 (21.) | |
Disease Type: N = 1416 | |||
Solid tumor | 342 (73.7) | 770 (80.9) | 0.0020 |
Hematological malignancy | 122 (26.3) | 182 (19.1) | |
Treatment Type: | |||
Surgery | 251 (54.1) | 527 (55.4) | 0.6541 |
Radiation | 79 (17.0) | 417 (43.8) | <.0001 |
Chemotherapy | 423 (91.2) | 780 (81.9) | <.0001 |
SCT | 0 (0.00) | 87 (9.1) | <.0001 |
No treatment | 21 (4.5) | 44 (4.6) | 0.9354 |