Cognitive behavioral therapy on personality characteristics of cancer patients

Table 1 General information of the cancer patients

Category	Control group	Experimental group 1	Experimental group 2	Proportion (%)	χ2	P value
Age					3.24	0.52
Youth	13	19	13	35.43
Middle	20	16	22	45.67
Aged	8	10	6	18.90
Sex					0.56	0.76
Male	14	13	11	29.92
Female	27	32	30	70.08
Marital status					4.32	0.12
Married	34	43	38	90.55
Unmarried	7	2	3	9.45
Schooling					4.99	0.55
Elementary	10	15	16	32.28
Junior	15	15	11	32.28
Senior	11	6	7	18.90
Graduate	5	9	7	16.54
Residence					2.06	0.36
Rural	21	22	26	54.33
Urban	20	23	15	45.67
Family income (CNY)					11.71	0.31
< 1000	14	11	18	33.86
1000-3000	10	11	7	29.92
3000-5000	4	2	3	7.09
> 5000	13	21	13	29.13

During the process of psychological evaluation and cognitive behavioral treatment of patients, a total of 23 cases were excluded for various reasons, and the effective experimental data came from 127 patients. By using the χ² test, the general data of the three groups of cancer patients were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). CNY: Chinese yuan.