Table 2.
Sample Descriptives (n = 10 patient-caregiver dyads)
| T1 | T2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | Caregivers | t or χ2 | Patients | Caregivers | t or χ2 | |
| Age | 64.53 (9.89) | 63.51 (12.42) | 0.88 | |||
| Gender (female) | 60% | 40% | 10.0** | |||
| Education | 21.33 | |||||
| High school/GED | 20% | 10% | ||||
| College | 50% | 80% | ||||
| Graduate degree | 30% | 10% | ||||
| Household Income | ||||||
| $0 – $70,000 | 0% | |||||
| $70,000 – $119,999 | 30% | |||||
| $120,000 – $$159,999 | 20% | |||||
| $160,000 – $209,999 | 20% | |||||
| > $300,000 | 10% | |||||
| Prefer not to answer | 20% | |||||
| Ethnicity | 4.53 | |||||
| Hispanic | 20% | 10% | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 80% | 90% | ||||
| Employment | 2.74 | |||||
| Paid full-time employed | 30% | 20% | ||||
| Paid part-time employed | 0% | 10% | ||||
| On leave with pay | 10% | 0% | ||||
| Retired | 50% | 60% | ||||
| Unemployed | 10% | 10% | ||||
| Cancer Type | Anus (1), Appendix (1), Colon (2), Esophagus (1), Jejunum (1), Liver (1), Pancreas (3) | |||||
| On treatment | 70% | - | 80% | - | ||
| Relationship duration | 28.04 (17.07) years | |||||
| Dysfunctional belief on sleep | ||||||
| Consequences | 4.08 (2.51) | 2.46 (1.64) | 2.08 (p=.067) | 3.92 (2.21) | 3.20 (1.48) | 0.74 |
| Worry | 4.67 (2.62) | 2.23 (2.29) | 2.83* | 3.58 (2.37) | 2.30 (2.31) | 1.93 (p=.086) |
| Expectation | 5.40 (3.26) | 6.05 (2.01) | −0.51 | 5.05 (2.60) | 5.85 (2.08) | −0.89 |
| Medications | 3.37 (2.38) | 1.93 (1.51) | 1.98 (p=.079) | 2.70 (2.10) | 2.10 (1.28) | 0.90 |
| Attachment security | 3.63 (0.55) | 3.77 (0.35) | −0.58 | - | - | |
| Attachment anxiety | 1.45 (0.62) | 1.38 (0.42) | 0.57 | - | - | |
| Attachment avoidance | 1.44 (0.69) | 1.30 (0.49) | 0.67 | - | - | |
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001