Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants at baseline
| Intervention (n = 79) | Control (n = 83) | Test statistic | df | P value | |
| Mean age (SD) | 60.1 (11.7) | 59.9 (11.3) | t = 0.210 | 159 | 0.834 |
| Gender, n (%) | χ2 = 0.314 | 1 | 0.575 | ||
| Female | 48 (60.8) | 45 (54.2) | |||
| Male | 31 (39.2) | 38 (45.8) | |||
| Martial status, n (%) | χ2 = 0.016 | 1 | 1.000 | ||
| Currently married or de facto relationship | 54 (70.1) | 54 (71.1) | |||
| Never married | 8 (10.4) | 7 (9.2) | |||
| Separated/divorced | 8 (10.4) | 11 (14.5) | |||
| Widowed | 7 (9.1) | 4 (5.3) | |||
| Ethnicity, n (%) | χ2 = 2.850 | 1 | 0.108 | ||
| Caucasian | 57 (77.0) | 49 (64.5) | |||
| Asian | 10 (13.5) | 17 (22.4) | |||
| Indigenous Australian | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.3) | |||
| Other | 6 (8.1) | 9 (11.8) | |||
| Educational level, n (%) | χ2 = 0.792 | 2 | 0.420 | ||
| Primary | 1 (1.3) | 7 (9.2) | |||
| Secondary | 35 (45.5) | 34 (44.7) | |||
| Undergraduate | 19 (24.7) | 19 (25.0) | |||
| Postgraduate | 22 (28.6) | 16 (21.1) | |||
| Primary cancer diagnosis, n (%) | χ2 = 0.702 | 1 | 0.473 | ||
| Breast cancer | 26 (37.7) | 21 (30.9) | |||
| Lung cancer | 6 (8.7) | 3 (4.4) | |||
| Prostate cancer | 6 (8.7) | 4 (5.9) | |||
| Colorectal cancer/bowel cancer | 8 (11.6) | 8 (11.8) | |||
| Other | 23 (33.3) | 32 (47.1) | |||
| Completion of cancer treatment, n (%) | χ2 = 0.030 | 1 | 0.861 | ||
| Completed | 40 (52.6) | 40 (54.1) | |||
| In progress | 36 (47.4) | 34 (45.9) |
n values vary due to missing data. n < 10 collapsed for χ2 test.
SD, standard deviation.