Characteristics and Determinants of Patients Discontinuation of Breast Cancer Follow-Up Care at the Radiation Oncology Department, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of breast cancer patients seen at UCH, Ibadan,2001-2010.

Variable	Study group	Non study group t		p value
No of patients	n=504	n=518
Age
Mean	47.69±10.63	48.15±11.44	-0.666	0.506
Sex
Male	4(0.8%) 5(1.0%)
Female	500 (99.2%)	513 (99.0%)
Variable	Frequency ()
Age groups distribution.
≤30	13(2.6%)
31-40	134(26.6%)
41-50	172(34.1%)
51-60	122(24.2%)
61-70	60(11.9%)
>70	3(0.6%)
Educational status
None	182 (36.1%)
Below primary	8(1.6%)
Primary school	41 (8.1%)
Secondary school	117 (23.2%)
Tertiary	156 (31.0%)
Marital status
Single	23 (4.6%)
Married	412 (81.7%)
Divorced	7(1.4%)
Separated	1 (0.2%)
Widow	44 (8.7%)
Unknown	17 (3.4%)
Parity
Nulliparity	33 (6.5%)
Multiparity	230 (45.6%)
Grand multiparity	231 (45.8%)
Unknown	10 (2.0%)
Distance from home town to UCH, Ibadan
≤ 250KM	274 (54.4%)
> 250KM	230 (45.6%)
Duration of symptoms before diagnosis
≤ 12 months	370 (73.4%)
> 12 months	134 (26.6%)
Menopausal Status
Menopausal	272(54.0%)
Premenopausal	216(42.9%)
Unknown	16(3.2%)