Quality of life of Moroccan patients on the palliative phase of advanced cancer

Table 1 Characteristics of patient and diseases (N = 120)

	Characteristics	N	%
Age(years)	Age (mean ± SD)	120	59 ± 16.5
Gender	Female	69	57.5
Gender	Male	51	42.5
Residence	Urban	93	77.5
Residence	Rural	27	22.3
Marital status	Married	94	78.3
	Widower	12	10
	Single	14	11.6
Level of education	Illiterate	54	45
	Primary school	36	30
	Secondary school	28	23.4
	University	1	0.8
Employment status	Unemployed	76	73.3
Employment status	Employed	44	36.7
Social security coverage	RAMED	100	83.3
Social security coverage	AMO	19	15.8
Primary cancer diagnosis	Lung	22	18.3
	Digestive	45	37.5
	Gynecological and Breast	43	35.8
	Uro	5	4.2
	Others	5	4.2
Treatment received	Yes	99	82.5
Treatment received	No	21	17.5
Clinical stage	M0	51	42.5
	M1	15	12.5
	NP	54	45
Karnofsky index	≤ 30	31	25.8
	[40–50]	79	65.9
	≥ 60	10	8.4
Period of transition to palliative phase (months/mean)		22.89

AMO: insurance for public sector employees; RAMED: insurance for economically weak patients