Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population
From: Relation between personality dimensions and symptomatology of depression in skin cancer patients
Characteristic | n | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 30–59 | 10 | 21.3 |
60–90 | 37 | 78.7 | |
Total | 47 | 100 | |
Gender | Female | 26 | 55.3 |
Male | 21 | 44.7 | |
Total | 47 | 100 | |
Marital status | Single | 7 | 14.9 |
Married | 34 | 72.4 | |
Divorced | 1 | 2.1 | |
Widowed | 5 | 10.6 | |
Total | 47 | 100 | |
Occupation | Farm workers | 13 | 27.7 |
Home maker | 23 | 48.9 | |
Retired | 7 | 14.9 | |
Other | 4 | 8.5 | |
Total | 47 | 100 | |
Fitzpatrick Phototypes | I | 2 | 4.2 |
II | 24 | 51.2 | |
III | 20 | 42.5 | |
IV | 1 | 2.1 | |
Total | 47 | 100 | |
Diagnosis of skin cancer | Melanoma | 2 | 4.3 |
BCC | 33 | 70.2 | |
SCC | 11 | 23.4 | |
BCC/SCC | 1 | 2.1 | |
Total | 47 | 100 | |
Location | Head/Neck | 32 | 68.2 |
Back/chest | 0 | 0 | |
Limbs (arms/legs) | 2 | 4.2 | |
Missing | 13 | 27.6 | |
Total | 47 | 100 | |
Recurrence | Yes | 9 | 19.1 |
No | 28 | 59.6 | |
Missing | 10 | 21.3 | |
Total | 47 | 100 |