Item

Mode of assignment

Number of children

0 children = 0; ≥1 children = 1

Clinical staging

Stage I = 1; Stage II = 2; Stage III = 3

Per capita monthly family income

<3000 = 1; 3000 - 5000 = 2; 5000 - 10,000 = 3; >10,000 = 4

Treatment modalities

Surgery (X₁ = 0, X₂ = 0); Radiotherapy/chemotherapy (X₁ = 1, X₂ = 0);

Simultaneous radiotherapy/chemotherapy (X₁ = 0, X₂ = 1)

Age, Post-Cancer Fertility Worries Scale Score, and Yielding, Avoidance Dimension Score on the Medical Coping Style Scale

carry over the original value