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

Table 3 Univariate analysis of self-perceived burden scores based on general data in cervical cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (n = 110)

Item	Case (n)	mean ± SD	t/F	P	Pairwise comparison
Age (yr)			0.620	0.540
(1) 31-39	10	48.60 ± 24.075
(2) 40-49	72	42.83 ± 15.959
(3) 60-79	28	41.93 ± 15.604
Residence			4.667	< 0.05	(1) > (2)
(1) Rural area	59	49.44 ± 16.406
(2) City	51	35.82 ± 13.811
Marital status			0.143	0.887
(1) Single or widowed	9	43.89 ± 19.637
(2) Married	101	43.06 ± 16.471
Religion			1.015	0.312
(1) No	102	43.58 ± 16.766
(2) Yes	8	37.38 ± 14.851
Education level			0.044	0.987
Primary school or below	54	43.17 ± 15.779
Junior high school	36	43.04 ± 17.064
Senior high school	8	44.88 ± 27.205
College degree or above	12	42.08 ± 12.117
Family per capita monthly income			24.572	< 0.05	(1) > (2)
< 3000	31	56.77 ± 18.353			(2) > (3)
3000-5000	50	41.06 ± 12.904			(1) > (3)
> 5000	29	32.10 ± 9.344
Payment method			13.051	< 0.05	(1) > (2)
Self-paying	26	56.27 ± 16.185			(1) > (3)
Networking inside and outside province	17	40.53 ± 13.172
Health care in the city	67	38.69 ± 15.060
Caregiver			1.418	0.247
Spouse	51	40.31 ± 17.136
Offspring	45	45.18 ± 13.890
Other	14	46.79 ± 21.959
Caregiver age (yr)			1.183	0.310
(1) 18-39	48	45.85 ± 16.720
(2) 40-59	37	41.49 ± 15.073
(3) 60-	25	40.32 ± 18.538
Gender of caregiver			1.538	0.127
(1) Female	45	46.04 ± 16.628
(2) Male	65	44.01 ± 16.605
Times of current radiotherapy			0.096	0.909
(1) 1-10	25	42.16 ± 16.570
(2) 11-20	51	42.98 ± 16.861
(3) > 20	34	44.06 ± 16.843
Pathological type			-1.807	0.074
(1) Squamous carcinoma	90	41.79 ± 15.489
(2) Adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma	20	49.15 ± 20.497
Clinical tumor stage			1.272	0.288
(1) Stage I	27	39.41 ± 14.550
(2) Stage II	34	41.24 ± 16.672
(3) Stage III	37	46.43 ± 17.868
(4) Stage IV	12	46.67 ± 16.516
Radiation way			0.035	0.972
(1) In vitro	71	43.17 ± 16.902
(2) In vitro + intracavity	39	43.05 ± 16.401
Recurrence			-0.660	0.511
(1) No	104	42.88 ± 15.826
(2) Yes	6	47.50 ± 29.331
Metastasis			-5.333	< 0.05	(2) > (1)
(1) No	85	39.02 ± 13.885
(2) Yes	25	57.08 ± 17.944
Radiation dermatitis			20.183	< 0.05	(2) > (1)
(1) 0	36	31.92 ± 07.951			(3) > (1)
(2) 1	68	47.22 ± 16.977			(3) > (2)
(3) > 2	6	64.00 ± 09.143
Radiation proctitis			8.199	< 0.05	(2) > (1)
(1) 0	27	33.74 ± 11.772			(3) > (1)
(2) 1	53	43.75 ± 15.859
(3) > 2	30	50.47 ± 18.122
Radiation cystitis			3.926	< 0.05	(3) > (1)
(1) 0	87	41.03 ± 16.340
(2) 1	15	48.67 ± 15.351
(3) > 2	8	55.50 ± 16.440
Pain			-3.132	< 0.05	(2) > (1)
(1) No	78	40.06 ± 14.848
(2) Yes	32	50.59 ± 18.604