Table 3.
Median scores and frequency of response of score “0” for individual items, subscores, and overall scores for financial toxicity (FT) compared between groups.
| Item | UN-Spanish | UN-English | INS-English | p value 3 groups | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n of 23 | Median | IQR | % “0” | n of 23 | Median | IQR | % “0” | p value 2 groups | n of 31 | Median | IQR | % “0” | ||
| Material FT subdomain | ||||||||||||||
| Money in savings | 21 | 3.0 | 0.0–9.0 | 33.3% | 23 | 10.0 | 7.0–10.0 | 8.7% | 0.01 | 28 | 5.0 | 2.0–10.0 | 17.9% | 0.01 |
| Other money owed | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0–7.0 | 52.2% | 22 | 8.5 | 0.0–10.0 | 27.3% | 0.03 | 31 | 5.0 | 0.0–8.0 | 35.5% | 0.06 |
| Medical spending | 23 | 2.0 | 0.0–8.0 | 34.8% | 21 | 7.0 | 2.0–9.0 | 14.3% | 0.17 | 31 | 6.0 | 2.0–9.0 | 16.1% | 0.25 |
| Spending household income | 23 | 5.0 | 2.0–9.0 | 13.0% | 23 | 5.0 | 2.0–10.0 | 17.4% | 0.59 | 31 | 6.0 | 2.0–9.0 | 16.1% | 0.84 |
| Spending from savings | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0–8.0 | 36.4% | 23 | 6.0 | 0.0–10.0 | 26.1% | 0.21 | 31 | 3.0 | 0.0–6.0 | 29.0% | 0.31 |
| Credit card use | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0–2.0 | 75.0% | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0–8.0 | 60.9% | 0.35 | 31 | 3.0 | 0.0–6.0 | 38.7% | 0.14 |
| Material FT subscore | 23 | 3.3 | 0.8–6.7 | 13.0% | 23 | 5.8 | 3.3–8.3 | 0.0% | 0.04 | 31 | 4.3 | 2.4–7.3 | 6.5% | 0.10 |
| Coping FT subdomain | ||||||||||||||
| Ability to pay all bills | 23 | 5.0 | 0.0–8.0 | 26.1% | 23 | 10.0 | 0.0–10.0 | 26.1% | 0.11 | 31 | 2.0 | 0.0–7.0 | 38.7% | 0.01 |
| Ability to pay for food | 22 | 4.0 | 0.0–9.0 | 27.3% | 23 | 8.0 | 2.0–10.0 | 13.0% | 0.22 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0–1.0 | 66.7% | <0.001 |
| Ability to work usual number of hours at job | 22 | 10.0 | 9.0–10.0 | 18.2% | 23 | 10.0 | 9.0–10.0 | 17.4% | 0.92 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0–8.0 | 58.1% | <0.001 |
| Ability to contribute to typical household responsibilities | 23 | 6.0 | 3.0–10.0 | 17.4% | 23 | 9.0 | 6.0–10.0 | 8.7% | 0.21 | 29 | 3.0 | 0.0–8.0 | 37.9% | 0.01 |
| Assistance with managing medical bills | 22 | 3.0 | 0.0–10.0 | 45.5% | 23 | 4.0 | 0.0–10.0 | 39.1% | 0.81 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0–4.0 | 73.3% | 0.04 |
| Assistance with typical responsibilities | 23 | 8.0 | 1.0–10.0 | 21.7% | 23 | 9.0 | 5.0–10.0 | 17.4% | 0.6 | 30 | 2.5 | 0.0–8.0 | 40.0% | 0.04 |
| Assistance with care for dependents | 23 | 5.0 | 0.0–10.0 | 39.1% | 23 | 5.0 | 0.0–10.0 | 34.8% | 0.87 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0–5.0 | 54.8% | 0.07 |
| Assistance from community | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0–6.0 | 60.9% | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0–9.0 | 56.5% | 0.73 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 76.7% | 0.16 |
| Coping FT sub score | 23 | 5.0 | 2.5–8.0 | 4.3% | 23 | 6.3 | 3.0–8.4 | 0.0% | 0.31 | 31 | 2.4 | 0.6–4.6 | 9.7% | <0.001 |
| Psychological FT subdomain | ||||||||||||||
| Stress level about finances | 23 | 7.0 | 1.0–10.0 | 21.7% | 21 | 10.0 | 7.0–10.0 | 0.0% | 0.05 | 30 | 7.0 | 2.0–10.0 | 10.0% | 0.05 |
| Psychologic FT subscore | 23 | 7.0 | 1.0–10.0 | 21.7% | 21 | 10.0 | 7.0–10.0 | 0.0% | 0.05 | 30 | 7.0 | 2.0–10.0 | 10.0% | 0.05 |
| Overall FT score | 23 | 5.4 | 1.5–7.1 | 4.3% | 23 | 6.0 | 3.4–8.3 | 0.0% | 0.12 | 31 | 3.2 | 1.9–5.3 | 6.5% | 0.01 |
UN, un-/under-insured and underserved; INS, insured; IQR, interquartile range; FT, financial toxicity. Bold values indicate p < 0.05.