Table 2.
Patient baseline characteristics
| All, (n=59) mean (SD) | CARE-Express, (n=30) mean (SD) | Control, (n=29) mean (SD) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Age (n=58) | 75.3 (4.7) | 74.5 (5.1) | 76.1 (4.3) | 0.19 |
| Gender, % Female | 66% | 73% | 59% | 0.23 |
| Ethnicity, % Hispanic | 5% | 3% | 7% | 0.61 |
| Race, % | ||||
| White | 93% | 90% | 97% | 0.37 |
| Black | 3% | 3% | 3% | |
| Other | 3% | 7% | 0% | |
| Marital Status, % | ||||
| Married/Living with partner | 56% | 53% | 59% | 0.70 |
| Single | 14% | 10% | 17% | |
| Divorced/Separated | 14% | 17% | 10% | |
| Widowed | 17% | 20% | 14% | |
| Education, % College | 68% | 57% | 79% | 0.06 |
| Employed, % Retired | 85% | 87% | 83% | 0.68 |
| Annual Income | ||||
| < $40k | 22% | 17% | 28% | 0.51 |
| $40k – $75k | 27% | 27% | 28% | |
| $75k – $150k | 27% | 33% | 21% | |
| > $150k | 15% | 13% | 17% | |
| Missing | 8% | 10% | 7% | |
| Psych History, % Yes | 24% | 27% | 21% | 0.59 |
| Cancer Type, % | ||||
| Breast | 41% | 53% | 28% | 0.24 |
| Prostate | 27% | 20% | 34% | |
| Lung | 8% | 3% | 14% | |
| Gyn | 17% | 17% | 17% | |
| Lymphoma | 7% | 7% | 7% | |
| HADS: Total (n=57) | 11.3 (6.0) | 10.9 (6.2) | 11.6 (5.8) | 0.63 |
| HADS: Anxiety (n=57) | 5.9 (3.5) | 6.1 (3.8) | 5.6 (3.1) | 0.57 |
| HADS: Depression (n=57) | 5.4 (4.0) | 4.7 (3.7) | 6.0 (4.2) | 0.23 |
| UCLA Loneliness | 15.1 (5.7) | 15.2 (5.2) | 15.0 (6.3) | 0.91 |
| Coping: Active | 13.4 (2.3) | 13.9 (2.2) | 13.0 (2.4) | 0.14 |
| Coping: Behavioral Disengagement | 7.0 (3.3) | 6.9 (3.2) | 7.1 (3.4) | 0.89 |
| Coping: Planning | 14.0 (2.7) | 14.4 (2.4) | 13.5 (2.9) | 0.19 |
| Demoralization: Total | 25.3 (15.6) | 24.1 (15.9) | 26.5 (15.4) | 0.56 |
| Demoralization: Loss of Meaning | 3.8 (4.3) | 3.5 (4.4) | 4.0 (4.3) | 0.71 |
| Demoralization: Dysphoria | 6.4 (3.8) | 6.6 (3.6) | 6.1 (4.1) | 0.67 |
| Demoralization: Disheartenment | 7.5 (5.0) | 6.8 (4.7) | 8.2 (5.3) | 0.28 |
| Demoralization: Helplessness | 3.8 (3.7) | 3.7 (3.5) | 3.9 (4.1) | 0.84 |
| Demoralization: Sense of Failure | 3.9 (2.9) | 3.5 (2.5) | 4.3 (3.1) | 0.30 |
| FACIT-Sp-12: Total | 32.8 (10.4) | 33.7 (10.7) | 31.9 (10.1) | 0.53 |
| FACIT-Sp-12: MP | 23.8 (6.7) | 24.2 (6.6) | 23.3 (6.9) | 0.63 |
| FACIT-Sp-12: Faith | 27.2 (16.1) | 28.5 (15.6) | 25.9 (16.7) | 0.54 |
Care-Express: Cancer and Aging Reflections for Elders-Expressive Writing Intervention; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; SD: Standard Deviation; FACIT-Sp-12: The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being