Table 5 Association between caregiver economic hardship and cancer patient’s characteristics:
Item | Category | Count | Economic hardship score | test statistic* | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | |||||
Patient age | 0–17 | 9 | 34.4 | 5.0 | 0.6759 | 0.610 |
18–34 | 25 | 35.0 | 6.3 | |||
35–50 | 36 | 35.4 | 5.9 | |||
51–65 | 46 | 36.8 | 5.5 | |||
> 65 | 27 | 36.1 | 5.31 | |||
Cancer stage | Stage I | 32 | 36.1 | 5.5 | 0.5656 | 0.666 |
Stage II | 30 | 36.6 | 4.9 | |||
Stage III | 32 | 34.8 | 5.9 | |||
Stage IV | 46 | 35.8 | 6.0 | |||
Treatment type | Chemotherapy | 76 | 35.7 | 5.7 | 2.8537 | 0.643 |
Radiotherapy | 6 | 35.3 | 6.9 | |||
Surgery | 2 | 28.5 | 0.7 | |||
Other | 21 | 36.0 | 6.2 | |||
Chemotherapy + Surgery | 23 | 36.6 | 5.5 | |||
Chemotherapy + Radiotherapy + Surgery | 6 | 36.3 | 4.7 | |||