Table 1. Sociodemographic, medical, and psychosocial characteristics of participants.
| Variable | All (N=49) |
Control (N=17) |
Intervention (N=32) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS | ||||
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| ||||
| Age M (SD) | 57.7 (12.4) | 58.0 (10.5) | 57.5 (13.4) | 0.90 |
| Female (%) | 59.2 | 52.9 | 62.5 | 0.56 |
| White, non Hispanic (%) | 87.8 | 94.1 | 84.4 | 0.65 |
| Education (%) | ||||
| <High School | 12.2 | 5.9 | 15.6 | 0.65 |
| High School/GED | 36.7 | 35.3 | 37.5 | |
| >High School | 51.0 | 58.8 | 46.9 | |
| Marital status (%) | ||||
| Married/living with a partner | 49.0 | 52.9 | 46.9 | 0.69 |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 32.7 | 35.3 | 31.3 | |
| Never married | 18.4 | 11.8 | 21.9 | |
| Employed (%) | 49.0 | 58.8 | 43.8 | 0.38 |
| MEDICAL HISTORY | ||||
| Past history of cancer (%) | 18.9 | 23.5 | 15.0 | 0.68 |
| Thoracic cancer diagnosis (%) | 66.0 | 58.8 | 70.0 | 0.53 |
| Cancer Treatment (%) | ||||
| Surgery only | 57.6 | 72.7 | 50.0 | 0.45 |
| Chemotherapy +/or radiation | 30.3 | 18.2 | 36.4 | |
| Surgery + chemotherapy/radiation | 12.1 | 9.1 | 13.6 | |
| PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS | ||||
| Emotional support M (SD)* | 3.5 (1.3) | 3.8 (1.5) | 3.4 (1.2) | 0.26 |
| Smoking-specific support M (SD)* | 3.7 (0.67) | 3.8 (0.4) | 3.6 (0.8) | 0.40 |
| HADS Anxiety subscale ≥8 (%) | 63.3 | 52.9 | 68.8 | 0.34 |
| HADS Depression subscale ≥8 (%) | 34.7 | 35.3 | 34.4 | 1.00 |
| Stress rating M (SD)* | 6.4 (3.1) | 6.4 (3.2) | 6.4 (3.0) | 0.98 |
| Pain rating M (SD)* | 3.3 (3.3) | 3.8 (3.6) | 3.0 (3.1) | 0.44 |
*
KEY
Emotional support, 1-5 scale; 1= “none of the time,” 5= “all of the time”
Smoking-specific support, 1-4 scale; 1= “none,” 4= “a lot”
Pain and stress, 0-10 scale; 0= “no pain/stress,” 10= “worst pain/stress imaginable”
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), >8 on the depression or anxiety subscales = elevated levels of depressed mood or anxiety