Self-perceived burden and influencing factors in patients with cervical cancer administered with radiotherapy

Table 1 General information of cervical cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (n = 110)

Item	Cases (n)	%	Variable	Cases (n)	%
Age (yr)			Times of current radiotherapy
31-39	10	9.1	1-10	25	22.7
40-59	72	65.4	11-20	51	46.4
60-79	28	25.5	> 20	34	30.9
Residence			Pathological type
Rural area	59	53.6	Squamous carcinoma	90	81.8
City	51	46.4	Adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma	20	18.2
Marital status			Tumor stage
Single or widowed	9	8.2	Stage I	27	24.6
Married	101	91.8	Stage II	34	30.9
Religion			Stage III	37	33.6
No	102	92.7	Stage IV	12	10.9
Yes	8	7.3	Radiation way
Education level			In vitro	71	64.5
Primary school or below	54	49.1	In vitro + intracavity	39	35.5
Junior high school	36	32.7	Recurrence
Senior high school	8	7.3	No	104	94.5
College degree or above	12	10.9	Yes	6	5.5
Monthly family income per capita			Metastasis
< 3000	31	28.1	No	85	77.3
3000-5000	50	45.5	Yes	25	22.7
> 5000	29	26.4	Radiation dermatitis
Payment method			0	36	32.7
Self-paying	26	23.6	1	68	61.8
Networking inside and outside province	17	15.5	> 2	6	5.5
Health care in the city	67	60.9	Radiation proctitis
Caregiver			0	27	24.5
Spouse	51	46.4	1	53	48.2
Offspring	45	40.9	> 2	30	27.3
Other	14	12.7	Radiation cystitis
Caregiver Age (yr)			0	87	79.1
18-39	48	43.6	1	15	13.6
40-59	37	33.7	> 2	8	7.3
60-	25	22.7	Pain
Gender of caregiver			No	78	70.9
Female	45	40.9	Yes	32	29.1
Male	65	59.1