Table 2.

A summary of self-reported cancer pain, symptoms, and functional status according to ethnicity.

Cancer Pain Experience	Means (SD)		SS*	df**	MS***	F-value	P-value
VDS
Hispanic	1.79 (1.32)	Between Groups	46.24	3	15.41	F=8.81	P<0.01*
N-H White	1.82 (1.40)	Within Groups	830.95	475	1.75
N-H African	1.39 (1.38)	Total	877.18	478
Americans N-H Asian	1.09 (1.16)
VAS
Hispanic	4.20 (3.20)	Between Groups	31679.20	3	10559.73	F=9.98	P<0.01*
N-H White	4.05 (3.50)	Within Groups	443325.23	419	1058.06
N-H African	2.57 (3.31)	Total	475004.43	422
Americans N-H Asian	2.29 (2.92)
FS
Hispanic	3.36 (1.49)	Between Groups	67.74	3	22.58	F=9.37	p<0.01*
N-H White	3.34 (1.54)	Within Groups	1132.25	270	2.41
N-H African	2.75 (1.71)	Total	1199.99	473
Americans N-H Asian	2.49 (1.46)
MPQ-SF
Hispanic	10.86 (1.32)	Between Groups	4148.11	3	1382.70	F=14.64	p<0.01*
N-H White	12.06	Within Groups	42892.81	454	94.48
N-H African	(10.92)	Total	47040.92	457
Americans	6.13 (7.92)
N-H Asian	5.18 (8.80)
BPI-SF
Hispanic	42.94 (28.99)	Between Groups	17734.71	3	5911.57	F=7.16	p<0.01*
N-H White	38.85 (28.85)	Within Groups	379626.65	460	825.28
N-H African	32.74 (30.72)	Total	397361,36	463
Americans N-H Asian	26.15 (26.25)
MSAS
Hispanic	24.45 (22.94)	Between Groups	3423.54	3	1141.18	F=2.82	p=.04
N-H White	20.63 (15.92)	Within Groups	192756.96	476	404.95
N-H African	16.55 (19.40)	Total	196180.50	479
Americans N-H Asian	21.46 (22.77)
FACT-G
Hispanic	94.76 (20.04)	Between Groups	4264.40	3	1421.47	F=4.83	p<0.01*
N-H White	89.28 (14.91)	Within Groups	73824.03	251	294.12
N-H African Americans	88.84 (18.26)	Total	78088.43	254
N-H Asian	81.15 (17.60)

^*SS=Sum of Squares

^**df=degree of freedom

^***MS=Mean Square