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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2023 Oct 6;31(10):616. doi: 10.1007/s00520-023-08062-1

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics

N with complete data Full Sample/Curvivor/Metavivor Full Sample Curvivor Metavivor Group Comparison

Breast cancer (n (%) yes) 188/156/ 32 116 (61.7%2) 113 (72.4%) 3 (9.4%) χ2(1) = 44.69, p < .001
Gender (n (%) female) 181/ 153/ 28 157 (86.7%) 135 (90.6%) 18 (64.3%) χ2(1) = 13.93, p < .001
Any non-White or Hispanic Identity1 181/149/ 28 20 (11.0%) 16 (10.7%) 3 (10.7%) χ2(1) = 0.00, p = 1.0
Hispanic or Latino 181/149/ 28 4 (2.7%) 3 (2.7%) 0 (0.0%) ^
American Indian or Alaska Native 181/149/ 28 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) ^
Asian 181/149/ 28 6 (3.3%) 4 (2.7%) 2 (7.1%) ^
Black or African American 181/149/ 28 7 (3.7%) 7 (4.7%) 0 (0.0%) ^
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 181/149/ 28 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) ^
White 181/149/ 28 167 (92.3%) 137 (92.0%) 26 (92.9%) ^
Other 181/149/ 28 5 (2.8%) 4 (2.7%) 1 (3.6%) ^
Marital Status 181/ 150/ 27 χ2(3) = 6.43, p = .09
Married/living as married 119 (65.7%) 95 (63.3%) 20 (74.1%)
Divorced/separated 25 (13.8%) 21 (14.0%) 4 (14.8%)
Widowed 5 (2.8%) 3 (2.0%) 2 (7.4%)
Never Married 32 (17.7%) 31 (20.7%) 1 (3.7%)
Highest Education 182/ 150/ 28 χ2(3)= 1.80, p = .61
Never attended/only kindergarten 2 (1.1%) 2 (1.3%) 0 (0.0%)
Grade 12 or GED 5 (2.7%) 4 (2.7%) 0 (0.0%)
College 1 year to 3 years 27 (14.8%) 24 (16.0%) 3 (10.7%)
College 4 years or more 148 (81.3%) 120 (80.0%) 25 (89.3%)
Employment Status 182/ 150/ 28 χ2(6)= 10.02, p = .12
Employed for wages 78 (42.9%) 70 (46.7%) 8 (28.6%)
Self-employed 21 (11.5%) 16 (10.7%) 3 (10.7%)
Out of work for >1 year 11 (6.0%) 10 (6.7%) 1 (3.6%)
Out of work for <1 year 4 (2.2%) 4 (2.7%) 0 (0.0%)
Homemaker 13 (7.1%) 12 (8.0%) 1 (3.6%)
Retired 39 (21.4%) 26 (17.3%) 11 (39.3%)
Unable to work 16 (8.8%) 12 (8.0%) 4 (14.3%)
Group format (% attending at least 1 virtual session) 187/ 155 / 32 65 (34.8%) 56 (36.1%) 9 (28.1%) χ2(1) = 0.75, p = .39
Age (M (SD)) 179 /148/ 27 56.1 (11.8) 54.6 (11.7) 63.2 (9.9) t(173) = −3.56, p < .001, D = −0.74
Years since diagnosis at group start (M (SD)) 184/ 152/ 32 2.2 (3.0) 2.3 (3.2) 1.7 (1.8) t(182) = 0.96, p = .34, D = 0.19
Proportion of sessions attended (% (SD)) 186/ 156/ 30 76.7 (26.5) 76.8 (27.6) 76.6 (20.4) t(184) = 0.04, p = .97, D = 0.01

Notes.

1

This composite group represents all individuals who selected neither Hispanic or Latino ethnicity nor any non-White Race.

2

Percentages calculated based on complete cases for each variable. N = 188 individuals had available clinical data to determine curvivor vs. metavivor status; N = 189 individuals completed baseline surveys including demographic questionnaires; 181 completed demographic items as requested.

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Group comparisons not reported due to small cell sizes.