Table 1 Socio demographic, behavioral and clinical characteristics of adult patients with cancer on treatment follow up at JMC, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia 2021, (n = 176)
Variables | Categories | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male Female | 54 122 | 30.7 69.3 |
Age (year) | 18–34 35–54 55–64 > 64 | 27 92 32 25 | 15.3 52.3 18.2 14.2 |
|  | Mean(± SD) | 50.1 ± 13.7 |  |
Alcohol use | No Yes | 161 15 | 91.5 8.5 |
Smoking cigarettes | No Yes | 173 3 | 98.3 1.7 |
Chat chewing | No Yes | 118 58 | 67.04 32.9 |
Performing regular physical exercise | No Yes | 147 29 | 83.5 16.5 |
Family history of cancer | No Yes | 144 32 | 81.8 18.2 |
Type of cancer | Breast cancer Cervical cancer Esophageal cancer Ovarian cancer Colorectal cancer Bone and soft tissue cancer Pancreatic cancer Prostate cancer Gastric cancer Others | 59 33 16 16 14 13 8 8 4 5 | 33.52 18.75 9.09 9.09 7.95 7.39 4.55 4.55 2.27 2.84 |
Stage of cancer | Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV | 18 33 52 73 | 10.2 18.8 29.5 41.5 |
Types of cancer treatment | Chemotherapy Chemo radiotherapy Surgery | 135 32 9 | 76.7 18.2 5.1 |
Loss of appetite | No Yes | 39 137 | 22.2 77.8 |
Nausea | No Yes | 50 126 | 28.4 71.6 |
Vomiting | No Yes | 84 92 | 47.7 52.3 |
BMI (Kg/m2 ) | < 18.5 | 75 | 42.6 |
18.5–24.9 | 94 | 53.4 | |
≥ 25 | 7 | 4 | |
Mean(± SD) 19.23 ± 3.42 | |||