Table 1 Characteristics of lung cancer patients and family caregivers (n = 182 dyads)
From: Correlation between depression and intimacy in lung cancer patients and their family caregivers
Characteristics | Patients (%) | Caregivers (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 99 (54.4%) | 95 (52.2%) |
Female | 83 (45.6%) | 87 (47.8%) | |
Marriage | Unmarried | 7 (3.8%) | 19 (10.4%) |
Married | 164 (90.1%) | 156 (85.7%) | |
Divorced | 7 (3.8%) | 5 (2.7%) | |
Widowed | 4 (2.2%) | 2 (1.1%) | |
Education | Elementary school and below | 33 (18.1%) | 18 (9.9%) |
Junior high school | 52 (28.6%) | 46 (25.3%) | |
High school or secondary school | 47 (25.8%) | 41 (22.5%) | |
College and above | 50 (27.5%) | 77 (42.3%) | |
Per capita monthly income (RMB) | < 2,000 | 22 (12.1%) | 17 (9.3%) |
2,001–5,000 | 84 (46.2%) | 75 (41.2%) | |
5,001–10,000 | 49 (26.9%) | 53 (29.1%) | |
> 10,000 | 27 (14.8%) | 37 (20.3%) | |
Pathological type | Squamous carcinoma | 23 (12.6%) | - |
Adenocarcinoma | 5 (2.7%) | - | |
Others | 154 (84.6%) | - | |
Staging | Stage 0 | 29 (15.9%) | - |
Stage I | 107 (58.8%) | - | |
Stage II | 35 (19.3%) | - | |
Stage III | 10 (5.5%) | - | |
Stage IV | 1 (0.5%) | - | |
Complications | Yes | 11 (6%) | - |
None | 172 (94%) | - | |
Relationship with patients | Spouse | - | 74 (40.6%) |
Children | - | 68 (37.4%) | |
Others | - | 40 (22%) | |
Living with patients | Yes | - | 135 (74.2%) |
No | - | 47 (25.8%) |