From: Unmet supportive care needs and associated factors among young adult cancer patients in Japan
Characteristic | N | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Age | mean: 33.7 (SD = 4.3) | median: 34.5 (range, 22–39) | |
Gender | Female | 180 | 87.4 |
Male | 26 | 12.6 | |
Education | < 12 y | 86 | 41.7 |
> 12 y | 120 | 58.3 | |
Marital status | Married | 102 | 49.5 |
Single or divorced | 104 | 50.5 | |
Household size | Living alone | 45 | 21.8 |
Two or more | 161 | 78.2 | |
Having children | None | 128 | 62.1 |
Age < 20 | 76 | 36.9 | |
Age > 20 | 3 | 1.5 | |
Occupational status | Full-time | 65 | 31.6 |
Part-time | 51 | 24.8 | |
Absence from work | 16 | 7.8 | |
Housemaker | 46 | 22.3 | |
Unemployed | 23 | 11.2 | |
Student | 1 | 0.5 | |
Others | 4 | 1.9 | |
Change in income status after cancer diagnosis | |||
No change | 103 | 50.0 | |
Decreased | 86 | 41.7 | |
Increased | 17 | 8.3 | |
Change in work and school life after cancer diagnosis | |||
No change | 91 | 44.2 | |
Work/study hour decreased | 20 | 9.7 | |
Absence from work/school | 50 | 24.3 | |
Left work/school | 58 | 28.1 | |
Changed jobs/schools | 22 | 10.7 | |
Firing | 2 | 1.0 | |
Other | 5 | 2.4 | |
Caring for parents | No | 192 | 93.2 |
Yes | 14 | 6.8 | |
Performance statusa | 0 | 147 | 71.4 |
1 | 52 | 25.2 | |
2 | 4 | 1.9 | |
3 | 2 | 1.0 | |
4 | 1 | 0.5 | |
Cancer site | Uterus | 84 | 40.8 |
Breast | 25 | 12.1 | |
Thyroid | 23 | 11.2 | |
Ovary | 17 | 8.3 | |
Lymphoma | 15 | 7.3 | |
Leukemia | 13 | 6.3 | |
Intestine/rectum | 13 | 6.3 | |
Other | 16 | 7.8 | |
Age of the first diagnosis | < 30 | 111 | 53.9 |
> 30 | 95 | 46.1 | |
Years since diagnosis | < 1 year | 33 | 16.0 |
1–5 years | 105 | 51.0 | |
5–10 years | 47 | 22.8 | |
> 10 years | 21 | 10.2 | |
Recurrence/metastasis | No | 164 | 79.6 |
Yes | 15 | 7.3 | |
Unknown | 27 | 13.1 | |
Chemotherapy | Never | 116 | 56.3 |
Yes (undergoing) | 16 | 7.8 | |
Yes (completed) | 74 | 35.9 |