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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics in health education leaflet group and audiovisual education group

From: Effectiveness of multimedia courses in improving self-care among patients with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy

Variable

Health education leaflet (n = 55)

Audiovisual health education (n = 55)

p-value

Age (year), mean ± SD

56.16 \(\pm \hspace{0.17em}\)11.43

53.78 \(\pm \hspace{0.17em}\)10.16

0.2505

Education level

  

0.1793

 High school and below

34 (61.82%)

27 (49.09%)

 

 College, university and above

21 (38.18%)

28 (50.91%)

 

Profession

  

0.1799

 Have a job

29 (52.73%)

37 (67.27%)

 

 Housekeeping

9 (16.36%)

9 (16.36%)

 

 Retire

17 (30.91%)

9 (16.36%)

 

BMI, mean ± SD

24.24 \(\pm \hspace{0.17em}\)3.40

24.60 \(\pm \hspace{0.17em}\)2.89

0.5454

 18–24

33 (60.00%)

15 (27.27%)

 

 24–27

14 (25.45%)

33 (60.00%)

 

  > 27

8 (14.55%)

7 (12.73%)

 

Cancer clinical staging

  

0.1695

 IA, IB

18 (32.73%)

23 (41.82%)

 

 IIA, IIB

12 (21.82%)

10 (18.18%)

 

 IIIA, IIIB

15 (27.27%)

19 (34.55%)

 

 IV

10 (18.18%)

3 (5.45%)

 

Laterality of breast cancer

  

0.5162

 Left

42 (76.36%)

39 (70.91%)

 

 Right

13 (23.64%)

16 (29.09%)

 

Surgery treatment

55 (100%)

55 (100%)

1.0000

Total radiation dose

  

0.9166

  ≤ 50.5

8 (14.55%)

8 (14.55%)

 

 50.5–55

21 (38.18%)

19 (34.55%)

 

  > 55

26 (47.27%)

28 (50.91%)

 

Number of radiation

  

0.3066

  ≤ 20

1 (1.82%)

4 (7.27%)

 

 21–25

28 (50.91%)

23 (41.82%)

 

  > 25

26 (47.27%)

28 (50.91%)