Table 1 Demographic Data and Its Association with Financial Toxicity among Cancer Patients Taking Oral Chemotherapy at Home
Variables | Frequency N (%) | Financial toxicity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Score of COST1 M (SD) | F/t | p | ||
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 <45y | 33 (21.85) | 16.85 (7.07) | 7.236 | 0.001** |
 ≥45, <60y | 55 (36.43) | 15.6 (8.12) | ||
 ≥60y | 63 (41.72) | 20.65 (7.02) | ||
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 92 (60.93) | 18.80 (7.56) | 2.691 | 0.103 |
 Female | 59 (39.07) | 16.69 (7.95) | ||
Employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 30 (19.87) | 15.73 (6.80) | -1.753 | 0.082 |
 No | 121 (80.13) | 18.50 (7.92) | ||
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Married | 132 (87.42) | 18.51 (7.65) | 2.344 | 0.020 * |
 Single  (unmarried, divorced or widowed) | 19 (12.58) | 14.11 (7.69) | ||
Educational level | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Primary school or illiteracy | 21 (13.91) | 18.86 (6.46) | 0.979 | 0.405 |
 Middle | 49 (32.45) | 16.65 (7.80) | ||
 High school | 53 (35.10) | 18.00 (8.10) | ||
 College or above | 28 (18.54) | 19.61 (7.88) | ||
Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Urban | 111 (73.51) | 19.10 (7.67) | 4.996 | 0.008 ** |
 Suburban | 17 (11.26) | 16.12 (6.51) | ||
 Rural | 23 (15.23) | 14.00 (7.66) | ||
Insurance type | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Medical insurance for staff | 65 (43.04) | 18.63 (8.61) | 2.344 | 0.075 |
 Medical insurance for town residents | 33 (21.86) | 20.03 (5.44) | ||
 New rural cooperative medical insurance | 49 (32.45) | 16.02 (7.73) | ||
 Self-paying | 4 (2.65) | 14.00 (4.55) | ||
Diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Gastrointestinal cancer | 134 (88.74) | 18.25 (7.82) | 1.487 | 0.225 |
 Other cancers | 17 (11.26) | 15.82 (7.06) | ||
Time diagnosed with cancer | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 ≤ 6 months | 73 (48.34) | 19.15 (7.40) | 1.834 | 0.163 |
 >6 months, ≤ 12 months | 55 (36.43) | 17.30 (7.75) | ||
 >12 months | 23 (15.23) | 16.00 (8.72) | ||
Tumor stage | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Stage II | 19 (12.58) | 16.35 (8.59) | 3.949 | 0.022 * |
 Stage III | 65 (43.05) | 19.91 (6.88) | ||
 Stage IV | 67 (44.37) | 16.07 (8.29) | ||
ECOG score 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 0 | 21 (13.91) | 18.80 (8.22) | 2.677 | 0.072 |
 1 | 123 (81.46) | 18.33 (7.59) | ||
 2 | 7 (4.63) | 11.57 (7.11) | ||
Recurrence | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 26 (17.22) | 15.04 (8.46) | -2.152 | 0.033 * |
 No | 125 (82.78) | 18.59 (7.49) | ||
Drugs of oral chemotherapy | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Capecitabine | 107 (70.86) | 18.47 (7.52) | 1.256 | 0.288 |
 Tegafur | 40 (26.49) | 17.18 (8.23) | ||
 Others | 4 (2.65) | 13.00 (8.83) | ||
Times of taking oral chemotherapy drugs at home | Â | |||
 The first time | 33 (21.85) | 16.42 (7.74) | -1.321 | 0.188 |
 The second time or above | 118 (79.15) | 18.44 (7.76) | ||