Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Characteristic	All, n (%)	Usual care, n (%)	Intervention, n (%)
Full sample	117	52	65
Gender
Male	63 (54)	28 (54)	35 (54)
Female	53 (45)	23 (44)	30 (46)
Other	1 (1)	1 (2)	0
Age
75–80	42 (36)	17 (33)	25 (38)
81–85	41 (35)	22 (42)	19 (29)
86–90	20 (17)	8 (15)	12 (18)
91–95	13 (11)	5 (10)	8 (12)
96 and older	1 (1)	0 (0)	1 (2)
Race
White	96 (83)	41 (80)	55 (85)
Black	14 (12)	8 (16)	6 (10)
Native Hawaiian	3 (3)	1 (2)	2 (3)
Asian	1 (1)	1 (2)	0 (0)
Other	2 (2)	0 (0)	2 (3)
Education
Did not graduate high school	16 (14)	7 (13)	9 (14)
High school or GED	37 (32)	17 (33)	20 (31)
One to three year college or technical school	18 (15)	7 (13)	11 (17)
Bachelors degree	17 (15)	6 (12)	11 (17)
Masters or doctorate degree	29 (25)	15 (29)	14 (22)
Financial security
Secure	83 (71)	40 (77)	43 (66)
Partially secure	23 (20)	7 (13)	16 (24)
Insecure	11 (9)	5 (10)	6 (10)
Religious affiliation
Yes	91 (78)	39 (75)	52 (80)
No	26 (22)	13 (25)	13 (20)
Quality of life
High (7–10)	60 (51)	28 (53)	32 (49)
Medium	34 (29)	13 (25)	21 (32)
Low (0–3)	23 (20)	11 (22)	12 (18)
Emotional distress
Yes	61 (52)	29 (56)	32 (49)
No	56 (48)	23 (44)	33 (51)
Physical distress
Yes	87 (75)	42 (81)	45 (69)
No	30 (25)	10 (19)	20 (31)
Spiritual distress
Yes	22 (19)	9 (17)	13 (20)
No	95 (81)	43 (83)	52 (80)
Distress related to prognostic uncertainty
Yes	72 (62)	33 (63)	39 (60)
No	45 (38)	19 (37)	26 (40)
History of coronary artery disease
Yes	52 (44)	26 (50)	26 (40)
No	65 (56)	26 (50)	39 (60)
History of hypertension
Yes	104 (89)	46 (88)	58 (89)
No	13 (11)	6 (12)	7 (11)
History of diabetes
Yes	36 (31)	19 (37)	17 (27)
No	80 (69)	33 (63)	47 (73)
History of dementia
Yes	5 (4)	1 (98)	4 (6)
No	110 (96)	50 (2)	60 (94)