Psychosocial adaptation and influencing factors among patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Table 1 Self-Report Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale for patients with different demographic data (means ± SD, score) (n = 233)

Variables	n (%)	Score	t/F	P value
Age
≥ 65	118 (50.6)	53.8 ± 12.21	1.51	0.13
< 65	115 (49.4)	51.19 ± 14.03
Ethnicity
Han ethnicity	231 (99.1)	52.54 ± 13.18	0.32	0.75
Other	2 (0.9)	49.5 ± 17.68
Religiosity
No	228 (97.9)	52.44 ± 13.21	-0.56	0.57
Yes	5 (2.1)	55.8 ± 12.15
Education level
Never went to school	25 (10.7)	58.92 ± 11.09	4.926	0.01
Primary school	48 (20.6)	56.4 ± 14.93
Middle school	136 (58.4)	51.22 ± 12.45
Junior college	20 (8.6)	45.55 ± 11.23
Undergraduate or above	4 (1.7)	44.5 ± 10.28
Marital status
Unmarried	5 (2.1)	45.6 ± 15.08	0.99	0.4
Married	208 (89.3)	52.99 ± 12.96
Divorced	5 (2.1)	50.8 ± 12.79
Widowed	15 (6.4)	48.73 ± 15.65
Working status
Full-time	4 (1.7)	46 ± 16.51	5.94	0.01
Full rest	99 (42.5)	55.3 ± 12.23
Semi-retired	19 (8.2)	42.42 ± 13.28
Retired	111 (47.6)	51.98 ± 13.04
Residence
Provincial capital	2 (0.9)	41 ± 18.38	0.77	0.47
Small and medium cities	126 (54.1)	52.64 ± 13.01
Rural	105 (45.1)	52.57 ± 13.34
Living alone
No	223 (95.7)	53 ± 12.98	2.71	0.01
Yes	10 (4.3)	41.6 ± 13.38
With caregivers
No	30 (12.9)	46.57 ± 13.58	-2.68	0.01
Yes	203 (87.1)	53.39 ± 12.92
Medical payments
Medical insurance	214 (91.8)	52.6 ± 13.28	0.34	0.74
Self-pay	19 (8.2)	51.53 ± 12.23
Cancer diagnoses
Digestive system	156 (67)	51.79 ± 12.98	1.87	0.1
Respiratory system	20 (8.6)	54.5 ± 8.55
Breast cancer and female reproductive system	46 (19.7)	52.67 ± 13.98
Urinary system	3 (1.3)	52 ± 23.07
Hematologic and lymphoid neoplasms	6 (2.6)	54.67 ± 15.83
Other	2 (0.9)	79 ± 7.07
Tumor stage
I	4 (1.7)	41 ± 6.78	5.33	0.01
II	40 (17.2)	46.7 ± 13
III	67 (28.8)	52.18 ± 12.57
IV	122 (52.4)	54.98 ± 13.01
CIPN grade
1	30 (12.9)	51.67 ± 13.55	2.96	0.03
2	162 (69.5)	51.31 ± 12.63
3	39 (16.7)	57.59 ± 13.78
4	2 (0.9)	63.5 ± 23.33
Smoking
No	228 (97.9)	52.67 ± 13.04	1.26	0.21
Yes	5 (2.1)	45.2 ± 18.7
Constipation
No	189 (81.1)	51.59 ± 13.56	-2.24	0.03
Yes	44 (18.9)	56.48 ± 10.63
Memory difficulties
No	180 (77.3)	51.73 ± 13.64	-1.68	0.1
Yes	53 (22.7)	55.17 ± 11.19
Presence of comorbidities
Yes	156 (67)	53.04 ± 12.95	0.88	0.38
No	77 (33)	51.43 ± 13.64
Traditional Chinese herbal medicine treatment
No	220 (94.4)	52.42 ± 13.2	-0.44	0.66
Yes	13 (5.6)	54.08 ± 13.19
Exercise intensity
Low	187 (80.3)	54.11 ± 12.87	7.34	0.01
Moderate	32 (13.7)	46.13 ± 12.73
High	14 (6)	45.79 ± 12.55
Gender
Male	116 (49.8)	51 ± 11.83	-1.73	0.08
Female	117 (50.2)	54.02 ± 14.27
Family per capita monthly income
< 500	33 (14.2)	55.48 ± 11.91	10.11	0.12
500-999	25 (10.7)	51.52 ± 13.1
1000-1999	47 (20.2)	55.64 ± 12.64
2000-2999	51 (21.9)	51.78 ± 11.5
3000-3999	25 (10.7)	52 ± 14.45
4000-4999	15 (6.4)	53.93 ± 20.08
5000 or more	37 (15.9)	47.32 ± 11.97
Body mass index (BMI) kg/m2
Underweight < 18.5	32 (13.7)	55.66 ± 12.56	2.68	0.26
18.5 ≤ normal weight < 25	161 (69.1)	52.61 ± 12.85
Overweight ≥ 25	40 (17.2)	49.58 ± 14.58
Occupation
Corporate administrators	15 (6.4)	44.73 ± 9.59	20.16	0.01
Professional technical personnel	18 (7.7)	48.5 ± 12.43
Clerical workers and operations staff	13 (5.6)	46.69 ± 13.19
Workers and operators	80 (34.3)	55 ± 13.46
Services	10 (4.3)	45.1 ± 10.99
Agriculture, forestry, and fishery production personnel	62 (26.6)	54.73 ± 12.52
Homemaker	13 (5.6)	56.46 ± 13.31
Freelance	22 (9.4)	50.27 ± 13.62
Treatment regimen
Chemotherapy only	58 (24.9)	54.69 ± 11.75	3.73	0.16
Surgery + chemotherapy	146 (62.7)	51.27 ± 14.09
Chemotherapy + radiotherapy	6 (2.6)	49.17 ± 13.38
Surgery + chemotherapy + radiotherapy	23 (9.9)	55.78 ± 9.35
Neurotrophic drugs
No	217 (93.1)	52.28 ± 13.47	-1.31	0.19
Yes	16 (6.9)	55.63 ± 7.74