Table 5.
Age | Health Status | Cancer Status | ||||
Question | n/N (%) <75 n/N (%) ≥ 75 | p-value | n/N (%) Good/Excellent n/N (%) Poor/Marginal/Ave | p-value | p-value | |
Recommendation from cancer doctor against participating | 41/44 (93) 44/46 (96) | 43/46 (93) 39/41 (95) | 28/30 (93) 44/47 (94) | |||
0.61 | 0.74 | 0.96 | ||||
Your cancer doctor did not give you any advice about participating | 34/42 (81) 38/45 (84) | 34/44 (77) 35/40 (88) | 23/28 (82) 37/46 (80) | |||
0.67 | 0.22 | 0.86 | ||||
Recommendation from your family doctor against participating | 34/44 (77) 38/46 (83) | 39/47 (83) 30/40 (75) | 25/30 (83) 35/47 (74) | |||
0.53 | 0.36 | 0.36 | ||||
Your family doctor did not give you any advice about participating | 22/43 (51) 28/45 (62) | 24/45 (53) 24/40 (60) | 16/28 (57) 25/47 (53) | |||
0.30 | 0.54 | 0.74 | ||||
Recommendations from your family and friends against participating | 17/44 (39) 22/45 (49) | 19/47 (40) 17/39 (35) | 12/30 (40) 20/46 (43) | |||
0.33 | 0.77 | 0.76 | ||||
Your age | 27/43 (63) 26/46 (57) | 26/46 (57) 25/40 (63) | 16/29 (55) 27/47 (57) | |||
0.55 | 0.57 | 0.85 | ||||
You have other health problems that make you feel too weak to participate | 34/44 (77) 32/43 (74) | 31/44 (70) 32/40 (80) | 20/29 (69) 35/46 (76) | |||
0.76 | 0.31 | 0.50 | ||||
You have concerns about whether or not the new treatment works | 41/44 (93) 40/46 (87) | 40/46 (87) 38/41 (93) | 27/30 (90) 41/47 (87) | |||
0.33 | 0.38 | 0.71 | ||||
You are afraid of possible side effects from the new treatment | 33/44 (75) 40/46 (87) | 34/46 (74) 36/41 (88) | 22/30 (73) 38/47 (81) | |||
0.15 | 0.10 | 0.44 |