Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of Black breast cancer patients by level of communication and cultural values (n = 352).
| Level of Communication |
Level of Cultural Values |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor(n = 190) | Fair (n = 102) | Good (n = 60) | p | Minimal (n = 81) | Low (n = 130) | Moderate (n = 91) | High (n = 49) | p | |
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| Age (years): M(SD) | 44 (6.6) | 42.8 (6.7) | 44.9 (5.5) | 0.12 | 42.8 (6.6) | 43.8 (7.1) | 44.7 (5.5) | 44 (6.3) | 0.28 |
| Education: ≥college graduate (n, %) | 78 (41.1) | 41 (40.2) | 19 (31.7) | 0.42 | 31 (38.3) | 50 (38.5) | 40 (43.9) | 16 (32.7) | 0.61 |
| Employment status: employed (n, %) | 111 (58.4) | 72 (71.8) | 37 (62.6) | 0.12 | 51 (63.0) | 86 (66.2) | 57 (62.6) | 25 (51.0) | 0.32 |
| Partner status: partnered (n, %) | 85 (44.7) | 33 (32.4) | 18 (30.0) | 0.03 * | 34 (42.0) | 47 (36.4) | 34 (37.4) | 21 (42.9) | 0.79 |
| Health status: poor/fair (n, %) | 118 (62.1) | 60 (58.8) | 27 (45.0) | 0.06 | 53 (65.4) | 78 (60) | 51 (56.0) | 23 (47.3) | 0.20 |
| Cancer stage (n, %) | 0.23 | 0.64 | |||||||
| Localized | 100 (52.6) | 57 (55.9) | 28 (46.7) | 39 (48.1) | 74 (56.9) | 45 (49.4) | 26 (53.1) | ||
| Regional | 83 (43.7) | 40 (39.2) | 24 (40.0) | 37 (45.7) | 49 (37.7) | 40 (43.9) | 21 (42.9) | ||
| Distant | 5 (2.6) | 4 (3.9) | 6 (10.0) | 5 (6.2) | 5 (3.8) | 5 (5.4) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Unstaged | 3 (1.6) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (3.3) | 1 (12) | 2 (1.5) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (4.1) | ||
*
significant at p < 0.05