Table 1 General information on cancer surgery patients (n = 432)

Age (years)

1.336

0.264

18 ~ 

139 (32.2)

46 ~ 65

218 (50.5)

66 ~ 

75 (17.4)

Gender

-2.456

0.014

Male

201 (46.5)

Female

231 (53.5)

Education

0.082

0.921

College or above

212 (49.1)

High School and Post-Secondary

97 (22.5)

Primary and junior middle school

123 (28.5)

Place of residence

0.966

0.472

Town

286 (66.2)

Township

109 (25.2)

Rural

37 (8.6)

Payment method

1.493

0.139

At one's own expense

34 (7.9)

Free medical care

25 (5.8)

Medical insurance

312 (72.2)

New Agricultural

61 (14.1)

Cooperative

Monthly family income(yuan)

0.855

0.576

 < 1000

23 (5.3)

1000 ~ 5000

242 (56.0)

5001 ~ 10000

96 (22.2)

10000 and above

71 (16.4)

Marital status

1.336

0.209

Unmarried

28 (6.5)

Married

385 (89.1)

Divorced

9 (2.1)

Widowed

10 (2.3)

Children's status

-0.237

0.813

No

43 (10.0)

Yes

389 (90.0)

Whether living alone

0.866

0.056

No

368 (85.2)

Yes

64 (14.8)

Incidence of disease

First

395 (91.4)

0.082

0.935

Recurrence

37 (8.6)

Family relationship

1.524

0.128

Very poor

4 (0.9)

Fair

68 (15.7)

Very good

360 (83.3)

Financial burden

2.571

0.005

Very light

34 (7.9)

Commonly

245 (56.7)

Very heavy

153 (35.4)

Religious

1.883

0.060

No

414 (95.8)

Yes

18 (4.2)

Any co-morbidities

1.436

0.152

No

278 (64.4)

Yes

154 (35.6)

Personality trait

-4.932

 < 0.001

Optimism

254 (58.8)

Pessimism

178 (41.2)

Cancer site

1.18

0.302

Lung

75 (17.4)

Nerve

3 (0.7)

Urinary

72 (16.7)

Head and Neck

61 (14.1)

Pancreas Stomach

44 (10.2)

Bone

8 (1.9)

Hepatobiliary

36 (8.3)

Mammary Gland

69 (16.0)

Esophagus

27 (6.3)

Female Reproduction

7 (1.6)

Colorectal

30 (6.9)