Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of women with breast cancer who were prescribed capecitabine and enrolled in a remote monitoring pilot randomized trial, stratified by health literacy (N=28).a
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Overall, n (%) | Higher health literacy (n=19), n (%) | Lower health literacy (n=9), n (%) | P value | |
| Age (years) | .06 | |||||
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≤50 | 7 (25) | 7 (36.8) | 0 (0) |
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>50 | 21 (75) | 12 (63.2) | 9 (100) |
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| Race | .19 | |||||
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Asian | 1 (3.6) | 1 (5.3) | 0 (0) |
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Black | 16 (57.1) | 11 (57.9) | 5 (55.6) |
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White | 10 (35.7) | 6 (31.6) | 4 (44.4) |
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Missing | 1 (3.6) | 1 (5.3) | 0 (0) |
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| Education | .65 | |||||
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Less than a bachelor’s degree | 7 (25) | 4 (21.1) | 3 (33.3) |
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More than a bachelor’s degree | 21 (75) | 15 (79) | 6 (66.7) |
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| Income, % FPLb | .44 | |||||
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<200 | 15 (53.6) | 9 (47.4) | 6 (66.7) |
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≥200 | 13 (46.4) | 10 (52.6) | 3 (33.3) |
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| Stage | .43 | |||||
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Early | 16 (57.1) | 12 (63.2) | 4 (44.4) |
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Metastatic | 12 (42.9) | 7 (36.8) | 5 (55.6) |
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| Randomization arm | .69 | |||||
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EUCc | 15 (53.6) | 11 (57.9) | 4 (44.4) |
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RPMd | 13 (46.4) | 8 (42.1) | 5 (55.6) |
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aHealth literacy was assessed using the item, “How confident are you filling out medical forms by yourself?” Lower health literacy was defined as responses of never, rarely, sometimes, or often, whereas higher health literacy was defined as a response of always. FPL was calculated based on the US Department of Health and Human Services FPL guidelines. P values were calculated using 2-sided Fisher exact tests.
bFPL: federal poverty level.
cEUC: enhanced usual care.
dRPM: remote patient monitoring.