Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who responded to our questionnaire
From: Association of shared decision-making with type of breast cancer surgery: a cross-sectional study
| Â | No. | % of patients (n = 1,893) |
|---|---|---|
Variables at the time of initial decision making | Â | |
   Age at diagnosis, yr |  |  |
<65 | 1780 | 94.0 |
≥65 | 113 | 6.0 |
Mean (SD) | Â | 48.6 (9.4) |
   Educational attainment |  |  |
≤high school | 1329 | 70.6 |
college or higher | 554 | 29.4 |
   Marital status |  |  |
no spouse | 286 | 15.2 |
with spouse | 1599 | 84.8 |
   Having a religion |  |  |
no | 282 | 15.0 |
yes | 1600 | 85.0 |
   Monthly household income |  | |
<US$3000 | 903 | 55.5 |
≥US$3000 | 723 | 44.5 |
   Residential area |  |  |
rural | 188 | 10.0 |
metropolitan | 1696 | 90.0 |
   No. of family members |  |  |
<3 | 1345 | 71.0 |
≥3 | 548 | 29.0 |
   Menopausal status at diagnosis |  | |
pre | 1156 | 61.1 |
post | 737 | 38.9 |
   Employment status at diagnosis |  |  |
no | 815 | 44.9 |
yes | 1000 | 55.1 |
   Stage |  |  |
0-IIa | 1518 | 80.2 |
IIb | 375 | 19.8 |
   Estrogen receptor |  |  |
negative | 805 | 42.5 |
positive | 1088 | 57.5 |
   Progesterone receptor |  |  |
negative | 844 | 44.6 |
positive | 1049 | 55.4 |
   Comorbidity |  |  |
0 | 963 | 50.9 |
≥1 | 930 | 49.1 |
   Type of surgery |  |  |
mastectomy | 1274 | 67.3 |
BCS | 619 | 32.7 |
   Received radiotherapy | 721 | 38.1 |
   Received chemotherapy | 1190 | 62.9 |
   Received hormone therapy | 1070 | 56.5 |