Body image dissatisfaction and lower self-esteem as major predictors of poor sleep quality in gynecological cancer patients after surgery: cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the gynecological cancer sample (N = 100)

	Min	Max	Median (Q1–Q3)	Number (%)
Age	30	76	52.50 (40.25–60)
A. Socio-demographic characteristics
Marital status
Married				39
Single/divorced/widow				61
Have children
No				37
Yes				63
Medical coverage system
RAMed				88
CNOPS/CNSS				12
Living area
Rural				42
Urban				58
Educational level
None				64
Compulsory school, higher educational degrees				36
Working status
Housewives/retired				84
Workers				16
Socio economic status
Poor				84
Good				16
B. Clinical characteristics
Surgery
Hysterectomy				75
Oophorectomy				25
Tumor stage
T1				23
T2				8
T3				69
Time since diagnosis
< 1 an				69
≥ 1 an				31
Antineoplastic treatment
One treatment				66
Two treatment				33
Three treatment				1
Disease recurrence
No				85
Yes				15
Anxiety (HADS-A)	0	21	13 (7–18)
Depression (HADS-D)	0	21	12.5 (7–17.75)
Body image (BID)	0	30	10 (4–24)
Self esteem (RSES)	0	30	19 (10–25)

HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety, HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression, BID Body image dissatisfaction, RSE Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Q1–Q3 interquartile interval

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