Table 1 Basic demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample of 182 responders
From: Cancer patients' needs during hospitalisation: a quantitative and qualitative study
Characteristics | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Â | Â |
   Male | 90 | 49 |
   Female | 92 | 51 |
Age | Â | Â |
   Median (range) | 60 | 21–89 |
Educational level | Â | Â |
   Primary school | 60 | 33 |
   Secondary school | 47 | 26 |
   High school | 54 | 29 |
   University | 13 | 7 |
   Missing | 8 | 5 |
Primary tumor site | Â | Â |
   Head & Neck | 35 | 19 |
   Colon-rectum | 30 | 16 |
   Breast | 20 | 11 |
   Others | 94 | 52 |
   Missing | 3 | 2 |
Number of previous admissions | Â | Â |
   None | 74 | 41 |
   One | 45 | 25 |
   Two or more | 63 | 34 |
Days of hospitalization (with regard to the present admission) | Â | Â |
   Median (range) | 7 | 3–13 |
Autonomous movement | Â | Â |
   Yes | 166 | 91 |
   No | 14 | 8 |
   Missing | 2 | 1 |