Table 1 Description of Head and Neck Cancer Survivors (n = 250)
Participants’ Sociodemographic Characteristics | |
|---|---|
Variables | N = 250 N (%)/ Mean ± SE |
Age (years) | 51.59 ± 0.83 |
Gender | |
 Male | 198 (79.2) |
 Female | 52 (20.8) |
Formal Schooling | |
 Yes | 218 (87.2) |
 No | 32 (12.8) |
Informal Schooling | |
 Yes | 69 (27.6) |
 No | 181 (72.4) |
 Type of Informal Schooling | N = 69 |
 Madrassa | 42(60.9) |
 Self-Learnt (reading) | 2 (2.9) |
 Learnt Quran | 21 (30.4) |
 Multiple | 4 (5.8) |
 Mother Tongue | |
 Urdu | 117 (46.8) |
 Sindhi | 46 (18.4) |
 Punjabi | 14 (5.6) |
 Pushto | 10 (4.0) |
 Memoni | 16 (6.4) |
 Baloch | 12 (4.6) |
 Kachi | 7 (2.8) |
 Other | 21 (8.4) |
Marital Status | |
 Married | 218 (87.2) |
 Single | 14 (5.6) |
 Other | 18 (7.2) |
Family Structure | |
 Extended | 134 (53.6) |
 Nuclear | 116 (46.4) |
Role in Family | |
 Head/Chief Decision-Maker | 138 (55.2) |
 Not Head; involved in decisions | 98 (39.2) |
 Not Head; not involved in decisions | 14 (5.6) |
Number of Members in Family | |
  ≤ 6 | 129 (51.6) |
  > 6 | 121 (48.4) |
Working Status | |
 Working | 89 (35.6) |
 Not Working | 161 (64.4) |
 Spouse’s Working Status | N = 218 |
 Working | 36(16.5) |
 Not Working | 182 (83.5) |
Monthly Household Income (PKR/USD) | |
 No Income | 18 (7.2) |
 2000–25,000 ($ 13-$151) | 40 (16.0) |
 25,000–40,000 ($151–$242) | 26 (10.4) |
 40,000–80,000 ($242–$484) | 69 (27.6) |
 80,000–170,000 ($484–$1028) | 97 (38.8) |
 Household Income (PKR/USD) | 45,000 (22650–100,000)/ 281(142–625) |
Comorbidities | |
 Hypertension (HTN) | 64 (25.6) |
 Diabetes (DM) | 39 (15.6) |
 Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) | 10 (4.00) |
 Undergone any disease | 63 (25.2) |
Addictive use Smoked tobacco users | |
 Current | 5 (2.4) |
 Ex | 59 (23.6) |
 No | 185 (74.0) |
Smokeless tobacco users | |
 Current | 14 (5.6) |
 Ex | 103 (41.2) |
 No | 133 (53.2) |
Family History of Cancer | |
 Family history of head and neck cancer | 32 (12.8) |
 Family History of any cancer other than head and neck cancer | 38 (15.2) |
 Family history of depression | 10 (4.0) |