Background
Methods
Patients
Design and settings
Consent
Measurements
Results
Patient characteristics
Female | Male | |
---|---|---|
N
| 71 | 30 |
Age (years) | 55.7 ± 12.5 | 64.1 ± 11.8 |
Primary cancer site | ||
Breast | 50 | 0 |
Digestive organ | 4 | 14 |
Lung | 6 | 6 |
Head & Neck | 3 | 5 |
Gynecological organ | 5 | 0 |
Urological organ | 1 | 3 |
Blood | 0 | 2 |
Others | 1 | 1 |
Recurrence | 18 | 11 |
Periods after diagnosisa
| ||
< 1 month | 8 | 2 |
≥ 1–3 months | 39 | 7 |
≥ 3–6 months | 21 | 13 |
≥ 6 months | 3 | 8 |
Profiles of therapiesb
| ||
None | 8 | 1 |
Operation | 54 | 23 |
Chemotherapy | 48 | 24 |
Radiation | 31 | 8 |
Hormonal therapy | 33 | 1 |
The gender differences in the cancer patient distress types
Male (N = 30) | Percent | Female (N = 71) | Percent |
p Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pain | 17 | 56.7 | 31 | 43.7 | 0.2317 |
Changes in appearance | 2 | 0.7 | 17 | 23.9 | 0.0423* |
Anxiety | 23 | 76.7 | 54 | 76.1 | 0.9475 |
Depressive mood | 12 | 40.0 | 27 | 38.0 | 0.8525 |
Family problems | 11 | 36.7 | 49 | 69.0 | 0.0025** |
Job-related problems | 10 | 33.3 | 16 | 22.5 | 0.2567 |
Spiritual pain | 15 | 50.0 | 16 | 22.5 | 0.0062** |
Sexuality issues | 1 | 3.3 | 13 | 18.3 | 0.0387* |
Gender | Pain | Changes in appearance | Anxiety | Depression | Family problems | Job-related problems | Spiritual pain | Sexuality issues | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | |||||||||
Significance probability (both sides) | ||||||||||
N
| 101 | |||||||||
Pain | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | 0.119 | ||||||||
Significance probability (both sides) | 0.236 | |||||||||
N
| 101 | 101 | ||||||||
Changes in appearance | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | −0.202 | 0.049 | |||||||
Significance probability (both sides) | 0.043 a
| 0.625 | ||||||||
N
| 101 | 101 | 101 | |||||||
Anxiety | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | 0.007 | −0.028 | 0.150 | ||||||
Significance probability (both sides) | 0.948 | 0.784 | 0.135 | |||||||
N
| 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | ||||||
Depression | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | 0.019 | 0.019 | −0.700 | 0.108 | |||||
Significance probability (both sides) | 0.854 | 0.851 | 0.489 | 0.281 | ||||||
N
| 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | |||||
Family problems | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | −0.301 | −0.021 | 0.140 | −0.083 | 0.200 | ||||
Significance probability (both sides) | 0.002 b
| 0.837 | 0.163 | 0.412 | 0.045 a
| |||||
N
| 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | ||||
Job-related problems | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | 0.113 | 0.029 | 0.180 | 0.276 | 0.184 | 0.026 | |||
Significance probability (both sides) | 0.261 | 0.772 | 0.071 | 0.005 b
| 0.065 | 0.800 | ||||
N
| 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | |||
Spiritual pain | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | 0.272 | 0.097 | −0.046 | 0.119 | 0.134 | −0.018 | 0.148 | ||
Significance probability (both sides) | 0.006 b
| 0.332 | 0.650 | 0.235 | 0.183 | 0.857 | 0.139 | |||
N
| 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | ||
Sexuality issues | Pearson’s correlation coefficient | −0.198 | 0.020 | 0.247 | 0.157 | 0.035 | 0.215 | 0.091 | −0.143 | |
Significance probability (both sides) | 0.047 a
| 0.844 | 0.013 a
| 0.118 | 0.729 | 0.031 a
| 0.363 | 0.155 | ||
N
| 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 |