Table 1 Patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics
Variable | Patients: n (%)a |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 274 (49) |
Female | 281 (51) |
Age | |
≤ 30 | 120 (21.6) |
31–40 | 94 (16.9) |
41–50 | 122 (22) |
> 50 | 219 (39.5) |
Overall prescribed drugsb | |
≤ 5 | 111 (20) |
6–7 | 114 (20.5) |
8–9 | 131 (23.6) |
≥ 10 | 199 (35.9) |
Diagnoses | |
Breast cancer | 86 (15.5) |
Non hodgkin lymphoma | 84 (15.1) |
Gastrointestinal cancer | 71 (12.8) |
Gynecologic cancer | 33 (5.9) |
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 29 (5.2) |
Genitourinary cancer | 23 (4.1) |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 17 (3.1) |
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | 15 (2.7) |
Musculoskeletal cancer | 14 (2.5) |
Acute mylogenous leukemia | 11 (2) |
Ovarian cancer | 11 (2) |
Colorectal carcinoma | 11 (2) |
Lung cancer | 10 (1.8) |
Head and neck cancer | 8 (1.4) |
Comorbidities | |
Diabetes mellitus | 27 (4.9) |
Hypertension | 23 (4.1) |
Hepatitis B | 3 (0.5) |
Hepatitis C | 3 (0.5) |