Characteristic | N | % | |
Sex | Male | 211 | 65.5 |
| Female | 109 | 33.9 |
| No response | 2 | 0.6 |
Age | 40 - 49 years | 20 | 6.2 |
| 50 - 59 years | 51 | 15.8 |
| 60 - 69 years | 132 | 41.0 |
| 70 - 79 years | 117 | 36.3 |
| No response | 2 | 0.6 |
Occupation | Unemployed | 108 | 33.5 |
| Employed | 156 | 48.5 |
| Housewife | 56 | 17.4 |
| No response | 2 | 0.6 |
Household | Live alone | 35 | 10.9 |
| Live with family | 285 | 88.5 |
| No response | 2 | 0.6 |
Cooker (multiple answers) | Oneself | 147 | 45.7 |
| Members of a family | 192 | 59.7 |
| Do not cook at home | 14 | 4.3 |
| No response | 2 | 0.6 |
Gastrectomy type | Total gastrectomy | 129 | 40.1 |
| Distal gastrectomy | 125 | 38.8 |
| Pylorus preserving gastrectomy | 30 | 9.3 |
| Proximal gastrectomy | 24 | 7.5 |
| Segmental gastrectomy | 8 | 2.5 |
| Unknowns | 3 | 0.9 |
| No response | 3 | 0.9 |
Time after surgery | Under 5 months | 38 | 11.8 |
| 6 - 11 months | 49 | 15.2 |
| 12 - 17 months | 56 | 17.4 |
| 18 - 23 months | 56 | 17.4 |
| 24 - 29 months | 56 | 17.4 |
| 30 - 35 months | 64 | 19.9 |
| No response | 3 | 0.9 |
Experience of post-gastrectomy disorder symptoms | Yes | 13 | 4.0 |
| No | 307 | 95.3 |
| No response | 2 | 0.6 |