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Table 1 Participants’ socio-demographics, clinical characteristics, and summary results for the four questionnaires (N = 431)

From: Perceived social support and coping style as mediators between resilience and health-related quality of life in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer: a cross-sectional study

 

n (%)

Socio-demographics

 

Age (years; mean ± SDa; range: 27–77)

48.26 ± 10.40

Education Level

 

 Primary and below

90 (20.9)

 Secondary

278 (64.5)

 Tertiary

63 (14.6)

Marital status

 

 Married

425 (98.6)

 Other marital status

6 (1.4)

Has children

 

 Yes

416 (96.5)

 No

15 (3.5)

Employment status

 

 Unemployed

170 (39.4)

 Retired

54 (12.5)

 Employed

207 (48.1)

Average monthly income over the past 12 months (Chinese Yuan)

 

  < 3000

170 (39.4)

 3000–6000

194 (45.0)

 6001–9000

52 (12.1)

  > 9000

15 (3.5)

Place of residence

 

 Urban

207 (48.0)

 Rural

224 (52.0)

Chronic disease (disease course > 6 months)

 

 Yes

28 (6.5)

 No

403 (93.5)

Clinical characteristics

 

Illness stage

 

 0–I

134 (31.1)

 II

203 (47.1)

 III

66 (15.3)

 IV

28 (6.5)

Metastasis

 

 No metastasis

285 (66.1)

 Axillary

119 (27.6)

 Other metastasis

27 (6.3)

Surgical style

 

 No surgery

146 (33.9)

Modified radical mastectomy

203 (47.1)

 Simple mastectomy

60 (13.9)

 Breast conservation

23 (5.3)

Adjuvant therapy

 

 Conventional chemotherapy

381 (88.4)

 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

26 (6.0)

 Radio therapy

151 (35.0)

 Endocrine therapy

231 (53.6)

 Targeted therapy

47 (10.9)

HRQoLb (mean ± SD)

 

 Physical well-being

17.75 ± 4.91

 Social/family well-being

17.66 ± 5.95

 Emotional well-being

14.29 ± 4.48

 Functional well-being

13.24 ± 5.04

 Breast-cancer-specific

 

 Subscales for additional concerns

24.81 ± 3.97

 FACT-Bv4.0c Total Score

87.74 ± 18.69

Resilience (mean ± SD)

 

 Tenacity

27.51 ± 8.19

 Self-reliance

16.84 ± 4.42

 Optimism

10.37 ± 3.06

 CD-RISCd total score

54.72 ± 14.71

Perceived social support (mean ± SD)

 

 Family support

24.16 ± 3.24

 Friends’ support

20.76 ± 4.00

 Significant others’ support

20.52 ± 4.17

 MSPSSe total score

65.45 ± 9.40

Coping style (mean ± SD)

 

 Confrontation

19.87 ± 3.73

 Avoidance

16.70 ± 1.90

 Resignation

9.57 ± 2.87

  1. aSD: standard deviation
  2. bHealth-related quality of life
  3. cFunctional assessment of cancer therapy-breast version 4.0
  4. dConnor–Davidson resilience scale
  5. eMultidimensional scale of perceived social support