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Table 1 Medical history and psychosocial characteristics

From: Psychosocial factors influencing quality of life in patients with primary brain tumors in Pakistan: an analytical cross-sectional study

Variable

N (%)

Comorbids

 HTN

60 (24.0)

 T2DM

37 (14.8)

 CVD

4 (1.6)

Smoking status

 Current smoker

15 (6.0)

 Ex-smoker

22 (8.8)

 Never smoked

212 (85.2)

Smokeless tobacco use

 Current user

7 (2.8)

 Ex-user

20 (8.0)

 Never used

223 (89.2)

Tumor type

 Glioma

117 (46.8)

 Meningioma

53 (21.2)

 Schwannoma

12 (4.8)

 Pituitary

44 (17.6)

 Others

24 (9.6)

Surgical intervention

 Excisional biopsy

195 (78.0)

 Total resection after diagnostic biopsy

11 (4.4)

 Multiple interventions

27 (10.8)

 No surgical interventions

17 (6.8)

Adjuvant therapy

 Chemotherapy

11 (4.4)

 Radiotherapy

24 (9.6)

 Combination

63 (25.2)

 No adjuvant therapy

152 (60.8)

Status of cancer treatment

 Completed

112 (44.8)

 Ongoing

138 (55.2)

Feeding tube needed

2 (0.8)

Tracheostomy needed

1 (0.4)

Urinary catheter needed

5 (2.0)

Social support

  ≤ 18 (Low social support)

6 (2.4)

  > 18 (High social support)

244 (97.6)

Depression

 0–7 (Normal)

225 (90.0)

 8–10 (Mild depression)

14 (5.6)

 11–21 (Symptomatic depression)

11 (4.4)

Anxiety

 0–7 (Normal)

229 (91.6)

 8–10 (Mild anxiety)

16 (6.4)

 11–21 (Symptomatic anxiety)

5 (2.0)