Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients
Number | 84 |
|---|---|
Average age | 61.3 |
Age range | 41–84 |
Male (%) | 58 (69.0) |
Married (%) | 83 (99) |
Education (%) | |
 Primary school and below | 20 (23.8) |
 Junior high school | 39 (46.4) |
 High school/technical secondary school | 11 (13.1) |
 Junior college/university or above | 14 (16.7) |
Whether to stop working early due to illness (%) | |
 Yes | 43 (51.2) |
 No | 41 (48.8) |
Disposable income for illness(RMB) | |
 In debt | 21 (25.0) |
 0–30,000 | 30 (35.7) |
 30,000–90,000 | 7 (8.3) |
 90,000–150,000 | 12 (28.6) |
 150,000–210,000 | 5 (6.0) |
 210,000–300,000 | 4 (4.8) |
 300,000–600,000 | 2 (2.4) |
 More than 600,000 | 3 (3.6) |
The main source of medical expenditure (%) | |
 Personal expenditure | 51 (60.7) |
 Assistance from others | 33 (39.3) |
Diagnosis of lung cancer (%) | |
 Unknown | 4 (4.8) |
 III | 14 (16.7) |
 IV | 66 (78.6) |
Duration of disease (%) | |
 4–7 years | 7 (8.3) |
 3 years | 8 (9.5) |
 2 years | 11 (13.1) |
 1 year | 23 (27.4) |
 < 1 year | 32 (38.1) |
Survival preference (%) | |
 QoL increase at PPS stage | 11 (13.1) |
 PPS extension | 9 (10.7) |
 QoL increase at PFS stage | 16 (19.1) |
 PFS extension | 48 (57.1) |