Table 1 Comparison of marital adjustment scores of breast cancer survivors with different demographic characteristics(n = 382)
Demographic characteristics | Number of cases(%) | \(({x^ - } \pm s)\) | t/F value | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of surgery | Mastectomy | 203(53.14%) | 57.84 ± 11.06 | 5.466 | <0.001 |
Breast conserving /Breast reconstruction | 179(46.86%) | 50.96 ± 13.53 | |||
Age | ≥ 56years old | 107(28.01%) | 49.84 ± 12.1 | 13.870 | <0.001 |
45years old～ | 151(39.53%) | 54.89 ± 12.21 | |||
<45years old | 124(32.46%) | 58.39 ± 12.66 | |||
Duration of illness | ≥ 1 years | 141(36.91%) | 51.81 ± 12.85 | 7.643 | <0.001 |
6 months～ | 102(26.7%) | 54.35 ± 10.83 | |||
<6 months | 139(36.39%) | 57.65 ± 13.31 | |||
Educational level | Junior high school and below | 153(40.05%) | 53.22 ± 12.82 | 2.360 | 0.096 |
High School or Junior college | 155(40.58%) | 54.81 ± 12.87 | |||
Bachelor degree or above | 74(19.37%) | 57.09 ± 12.03 | |||
Family income | <2000yuan | 77(20.16%) | 54.27 ± 12.91 | 1.285 | 0.278 |
2000yuan～ | 166(43.46%) | 55.75 ± 13.86 | |||
≥ 8000yuan | 139(36.39%) | 53.44 ± 11.10 | |||
Place of residence | Town | 225(58.9%) | 54.54 ± 11.78 | -0.137 | 0.891 |
Rural | 157(41.1%) | 54.72 ± 14.03 | |||
Pathological stage | III | 73(19.11%) | 52.42 ± 10.67 | 1.360 | 0.258 |
II | 131(34.29%) | 54.94 ± 14.10 | |||
I | 178(46.6%) | 55.27 ± 12.42 | |||
co-existing diseases | ≥ 2 kinds | 85(22.25%) | 54.07 ± 14.35 | 1.043 | 0.353 |
1 kind | 122(31.94%) | 55.98 ± 14.76 | |||
none | 175(45.81%) | 53.92 ± 10.11 | |||
Living style | Live alone | 63(16.49%) | 57.27 ± 16.81 | 3.415 | 0.034 |
Spouse | 167(43.72%) | 55.35 ± 13.33 | |||
Spouse and parents/children | 152(39.79%) | 52.70 ± 9.51 | |||
Occupational status | Retire | 105(27.49%) | 49.09 ± 13.61 | 14.890 | <0.001 |
Freelance | 156(40.84%) | 56.24 ± 11.35 | |||
Working | 121(31.68%) | 57.31 ± 12.27 | |||