Table 1 Demographic and Characteristics data of Study Participants (N = 144)
From: Validity and reliability of the Persian version of the oropharyngeal Mucositis quality of life scale
Age (years), mean (SD) | 53.9 (14.7) |
Sex, n (%) | |
Men | 64 (44.4) |
Women | 80 (55.6) |
Educational level, n (%) | |
illiterate | 10 (6.9) |
Elementary | 31 (21.5) |
High school or diploma | 66 (45.8) |
Academic education | 37 (25.7) |
Cancer diagnosis, n (%) | |
nasopharynx | 98 (68.1) |
breast | 10 (6.9) |
ALL | 6 (4.2) |
AML | 5 (3.5) |
other | 25 (17.4) |
Cancer therapy, n (%) | |
Chemotherapy | 31 (21.5) |
Radiotherapy | 41 (28.5) |
Chemo-radiotherapy | 72 (50) |
WHO grade for mucositis, n (%) | |
1 | 16 (11.1) |
2 | 34 (23.6) |
3 | 48 (33.3) |
4 | 46 (31.9) |