Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients
Characteristic | Overall sample (n = 300) | T1 follow-up group (n = 148) | T2 follow-up group (n = 150) | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Socio-demographic characteristic | ||||||||
Age | ||||||||
 < 50 years | 132 | 44.0% | 67 | 45.3% | 64 | 42.7% | 0.642 | |
 50 years and above | 168 | 56.0% | 81 | 54.7% | 86 | 57.3% | ||
Education | ||||||||
 Primary or less | 92 | 30.7% | 46 | 31.1% | 45 | 30.0% | 0.893 | |
 Secondary | 157 | 52.3% | 78 | 52.7% | 78 | 52.0% | ||
 Tertiary | 51 | 17.0% | 24 | 16.2% | 27 | 18.0% | ||
Employment status | ||||||||
 Employed | 55 | 18.3% | 32 | 21.6% | 23 | 15.3% | 0.400 | |
 Homemaker | 221 | 73.7% | 104 | 70.3% | 115 | 76.7% | ||
 Unemployed and job-seeking | 4 | 1.3% | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | 1.4% | ||
 Retired | 20 | 6.7% | 10 | 6.8% | 10 | 6.7% | ||
Residential setting | ||||||||
 Rural | 179 | 59.7% | 91 | 61.5% | 86 | 57.3% | 0.410 | |
 Urban | 121 | 40.3% | 57 | 38.5% | 64 | 42.7% | ||
Children (aged < 17) living in the same household | ||||||||
 0 | 144 | 48.0% | 65 | 43.9% | 78 | 52.0% | 0.235 | |
 1 | 80 | 26.7% | 40 | 27.0% | 40 | 26.7% | ||
 2 or more | 76 | 25.3% | 43 | 29.1% | 32 | 21.3% | ||
Net monthly household incomea | ||||||||
 Up to 5 million IDR | 270 | 90.0% | 131 | 88.5% | 137 | 91.3% | 0.441 | |
 > 5 million IDR | 30 | 10.0% | 17 | 11.5% | 13 | 8.7% | ||
 Health insurance coverage | 299 | 99.7% | 147 | 99.3% | 150 | 100.0% | 0.317 | |
Clinical characteristic | ||||||||
Disease duration | ||||||||
 1 year or less | 144 | 48.0% | 60 | 40.5% | 83 | 55.3% | 0.011* | |
 > 1 year | 156 | 52.0% | 88 | 59.5% | 67 | 44.7% | ||
Current metastasis statusb | ||||||||
 No | 276 | 92.0% | 136 | 91.9% | 140 | 93.3% | 0.395 | |
 Yes | 24 | 8.0% | 12 | 8.1% | 10 | 6.7% | ||
Number of symptoms experienced during the past weekc | ||||||||
 None | 17 | 5.7% | 12 | 8.1% | 5 | 3.3% | 0.311 | |
 1–5 symptoms | 119 | 39.7% | 61 | 41.2% | 58 | 38.7% | ||
 6–10 symptoms | 93 | 31.0% | 43 | 29.1% | 49 | 32.7% | ||
 > 10 symptoms | 71 | 23.7% | 32 | 21.6% | 38 | 25.3% | ||