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Table 1 Sociodemographic, behavior and lifestyle factors, and clinical data at baseline for the intervention groups

From: Multi-focused psychosocial residential rehabilitation interventions improve quality of life among cancer survivors: a community-based controlled trial

Variables

21-day MPRRI

WLC-group

P

Age, mean (SD), years

57.0 (7.5)

57.9 (7.2)

0.2296

BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2

23.4 (3.4)

23.1 (3.1)

0.4154

Gender, n (%), female

96 (74.4)

173 (66.8)

0.1250

Marital status, n (%)

 Married/with partner

115 (89.2)

227 (87.6)

0.6662

 Single/widowed/divorced

14 (10.8)

32 (12.4)

Education, n (%)

 Compulsory school

31 (24.0)

107 (41.3)

0.001

 Apprenticeship/technical college

55 (42.6)

100 (38.6)

 University

43 (33.3)

52 (20.1)

Monthly household income per capita (Yuan, RMB)

 ≤ 2000

22 (17.1)

55 (21.2)

0.3636

 2001–4000

87 (67.4)

175 (67.6)

 ≥ 4001

20 (15.5)

29 (11.2)

Current Smoker, n (%)

3 (2.3)

8 (3.1)

0.9187

Drinking alcohol in past 4-week, n (%)

11 (8.5)

11 (4.3)

0.0859

Diagnosis, n (%)

  

0.6271

 Lung cancer

30 (23.3)

55 (21.2)

 Breast cancer

41 (31.8)

67 (25.9)

 Digest tract cancera

32 (24.8)

70 (27.0)

 Gynecological cancerb

7 (5.4)

17 (6.6)

 Other typec

19 (14.7)

50 (19.3)

Time since initial diagnosis, mean (SD), years

2.05 (1.50)

2.32 (1.63)

0.0941

Medical treatment, n (%)

 Surgery

107 (82.9)

202 (78.0)

0.2537

 Radiotherapy

38 (29.5)

66 (25.5)

0.4050

 Chemotherapy

101 (78.3)

189 (73.0)

0.2557

 Traditional Chinese medicine

87 (67.4)

154 (59.5)

0.1268

  1. aDigest tract cancer include gastric cancer, liver cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, and pancreatic cancer
  2. bGynecological cancer include cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, vaginal cancer, endometrial cancer, and cancer of vulva
  3. cOther type include prostate cancer, nasopharyngeal, laryngeal, thyroid cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, oral cancer, ureteral cancer, bladder cancer, and penile cancer