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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 Oct 1;115(19):4606–4615. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24500

Table 1.

Patient Demographic and Clinical Characteristics at Baseline

Breast Cancer Gynecologic Cancer
EUC N=114 TPN N=123 EUC N=125 TPN N=125
n(%) n(%) p n(%) n(%) p
Age ≥ 50 y 63(55%) 69(56%) 0.90 65(52%) 63(50%) 0.80
Hispanic 80(70%) 89(72%) 0.71 98(78%) 103(82%) 0.43
English speaking 30(28%) 32(28%) 0.94 34(28%0 28(23%) 0.40
Foreign Born 96(84%) 109(89%) 0.32 108(86%) 109(87%) 0.85
In US ≥ 10 y 67(72%) 84(82%) 0.09 73(69%) 70(65%) 0.59
Less than high school education 58(51%) 64(53%) 0.71 78(63%) 66(53%) 0.11
Unemployed 95(83%) 89(72%) 0.04 101(81%) 111(89%) 0.08
Unmarried 60(53%) 68(55%) 0.68 78(62%) 83(66%) 0.51
Health Insurance/Benefits
 Medi-Cal/Medicare 39(34%) 40(33%) 0.95 57(46%) 58(46%) 0.89
 Local government 41(36%) 47(38%) 35(28%) 32(26%)
 Other 7(6%) 9(7%) 2(2%) 1(1%)
 None 27(24%) 27(22%) 31(25%) 34(27%)
Cancer Stage
 Stage 0, 1, 2, unstaged 93(82%) 103(84%) 0.66 73(58%) 74(59%) 0.90
 Stage 3, 4, recurrent 21(18%) 20(16%) 52(42%) 51(41%)
Cancer Treatment Phase
 Prior to treatment 50(44%) 68(55%) 0.19 27(22%) 23(18%) 0.80
 Active treatment 59(52%) 52(42%) 72(58%) 74(59%)
 Follow-up 5(4%) 3(2%) 26(21%) 28(22%)
Comorbid medical condition 65(57%) 66(54%) 0.60 69(55%) 76(61%) 0.37
Depression
 Major Depression (PHQ-9 ≥10) + Dysthymia 21 (18%) 21 (17%) 0.99 8 (6%) 8 (6%) 0.92
 Major Depression 15 (13%) 15 (12%) 14 (11%) 11 (9%)
 Dysthymia 18 (16%) 20 (16%) 15 (12%) 17 (14%)
Anxiety (BSI score ≥14) 7(20%) 2(6%) 0.08 7(11%) 9(14%) 0.59
Reporting Pain 48(42%) 47(39%) 0.58 69(55%) 69(55%) 1.00
(BPI score ≥ 7) 7(20%) 2(6%) 0.08 7(11%) 9(14%) 0.59
Mean(SE) Mean(SE) Mean(SE) Mean(SE)
KPSS 6.8(0.2) 7.1(0.2) 0.27 6.3(0.2) 6.7(0.2) 0.09
Functional Well-Being 14.1(0.5) 14.3(0.5) 0.87 14.5(0.5) 14.8(0.5) 0.70
Emotional Well-Being 15.4(0.5) 14.8(0.5) 0.44 16.5(0.4) 16.7(0.4) 0.81
Physical Well-Being 21.2(0.6) 22.7(0.5) 0.04 19.5(0.5) 19.0(0.6) 0.49
Social-Family Well-Being 17.0(0.5) 16.9(0.5) 0.87 19.3(0.6) 19.0(0.6) 0.72