- Demographic characteristics of the participants.
| Characteristics | n | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Woman | 28 | 100 | ||
| Marital status | Married | 21 | 75.0 | ||
| Single | 7 | 25.0 | |||
| Educational status | Illiterate | 6 | 21.4 | ||
| Primary school | 12 | 42.9 | |||
| Middle School | 3 | 10.7 | |||
| High school | 3 | 10.7 | |||
| University | 4 | 14.3 | |||
| Working status | Yes | 2 | 7.1 | ||
| No | 26 | 92.9 | |||
| Economical situation | Bad | 5 | 17.9 | ||
| Middle | 18 | 64.3 | |||
| Good | 5 | 17.9 | |||
| Non-cancerous disease receiving continuous treatment | No | 18 | 64.3 | ||
| There is | 10 | 35.7 | |||
| Diabetes | 5 | 50.0 | |||
| Goiter | 1 | 10.0 | |||
| Pituitary failure | 1 | 10.0 | |||
| Heart disease | 1 | 10.0 | |||
| Stomach disease | 1 | 10.0 | |||
| Hypertension | 1 | 10.0 | |||
| Treatment time | 0-1year | 20 | 71.4 | ||
| 1-5years | 6 | 21.4 | |||
| 5-10years | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| more than 10 years | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| Place of treatment process | Home alone | 3 | 10.7 | ||
| Pair at home | 18 | 64.3 | |||
| With children | 6 | 21.4 | |||
| Other | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| Smoking | No | 22 | 78.6 | ||
| Yes | 6 | 21.4 | |||
| 0-1 year | 1 | 25.0 | |||
| 1-5 years | 2 | 50.0 | |||
| 5-10 years | 1 | 25.0 | |||
| Drinking Alcohol | No | 28 | 100 | ||
| Information on disease and treatment | Yes | 21 | 75.0 | ||
| No | 7 | 25.0 | |||
| Knowing the side effects of treatment | Yes | 3 | 10.7 | ||
| No | 25 | 89.3 | |||
| Diagnosis | Invasive ductal carcinoma | 21 | 75.0 | ||
| Invasive lobular carcinoma | 3 | 10.7 | |||
| Invasive pleomorphic lobular carcinoma | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| Invasive solid papillary carcinoma | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| Tubular carcinoma | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| Matrix-produced lonaplastic carcinoma | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| Treatment Status | Ambulatory | 28 | 100 | ||
| Stage of the disease | Stage 1 | 9 | 32.1 | ||
| Stage 2 | 16 | 57.1 | |||
| Stage 3 | 3 | 10.7 | |||
| Radiotherapy treatment protocol | Hypofractionated | 28 | 100 | ||
| Application of additional treatment non-radiotherapy | No | 27 | 96.4 | ||
| Yes | 1 | 3.6 | |||
| Psychiatry | 1 | 100 | |||
| Numeric variables | n | Min. | Max. | Average | SD. |
| Age | 28 | 35.00 | 78.00 | 55.39 | 13.03 |
SD: standard deviation