Factors influencing spiritual wellbeing among pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients receiving chemotherapy

Table 2 Differences in spiritual wellbeing among demographic and clinical subgroups of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients on chemotherapy (n = 143)

Item		No. of cases, n (%)	Spiritual wellbeing score	T/F	P value
Sex	Male	93 (65.0)	32.89 ± 10.54	1.187	0.024
	Female	50 (35.0)	30.80 ± 9.06
Age (yr)	18–44	18 (12.6)	29.67 ± 10.32	0.4951	0.687
	45–59	79 (55.2)	32.39 ± 10.16
	60–74	36 (25.2)	32.39 ± 10.52
	75–89	10 (7.0)	32.16 ± 10.06
Education level	Primary school or below	37 (25.9)	26.03 ± 10.48	12.3991	< 0.001
	Middle and high school	62 (43.4)	32.19 ± 9.33
	Technical and further education	20 (14.0)	33.6 ± 7.00
	Undergraduate degree or above	24 (16.8)	40.33 ± 7.10
Occupation	Farmer	73 (51.0)	32.49 ± 10.55	1.0471	0.374
	Retired	34 (23.8)	32.21 ± 10.23
	Full-time employment	20 (14.0)	28.90 ± 9.99
	Other	16 (11.2)	34.63 ± 6.86
Household monthly income	> 1000 Yuan	35 (24.5)	31.03 ± 11.09	2.6851	0.049
	1000–3000 Yuan	30 (21.0)	29.37 ± 10.65
	3000-5000 Yuan	56 (39.2)	35 ± 8.64
	5000 Yuan plus	22 (15.4)	30.55 ± 9.80
Spouse	Yes	124 (86.7)	31.59 ± 10.05	-1.749	0.082
	No	19 (13.3)	35.89 ± 9.57
Religious belief	Yes	3 (2.1)	35 ± 14.73	0.493	0.623
	No	140 (97.9)	32.1 ± 10.01
Number of offspring	0	4 (2.8)	39 ± 4.24	1.6541	0.180
	1	65 (45.5)	33.42 ± 9.37
	2	58 (40.6)	31.10 ± 10.37
	3 or more	16 (11.2)	29.19 ± 11.77
Type of health insurance	Employee Health Insurance	62 (43.4)	35.68 ± 7.80	11.2821	< 0.001
	New rural pension scheme	63 (44.1)	30.98 ± 9.65
	Urban medical insurance	6 (4.2)	33.67 ± 10.35
	Other	12 (8.4)	19.42 ± 11.87
Time after diagnosis	≤ 6 mo	69 (48.3)	33.42 ± 8.44	1.2781	0.284
	7–12 mo	40 (28.0)	30.95 ± 11.11
	13–24 months	17 (11.9)	28.76 ± 13.26
	≥ 24 mo	17 (11.9)	33.29 ± 9.76
Recurrence	Yes	28 (19.6)	26.18 ± 12.19	-3.035	< 0.001
	No	115 (80.4)	32.16 ± 10.06

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