Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants

	Total Sample (N = 489)			FRESH START Intervention (n = 236)			Attention Control (n = 253)
Characteristic	No. of participants		%	No. of participants		%	No. of participants		%
Age, years
Mean		57.2			57.4			57.1
SD		10.7			10.1			11.2
Range		22–85			30–78			22–85
Race
White	413		85	200		85	213		84
Black	59		12	25		11	34		13
Other	17		4	11		5	6		2
Source of ascertainment
Self-referral	185		38	90		38	95		38
Cancer registry	304		62	146		62	158		63
Type and clinical stage of cancer
Breast
Stage 0	39		14	18		13	21		15
Stage I	148		53	78		57	70		50
Stage II	78		28	33		24	45		32
Stage III	13		5	8		6	5		4
Prostate
Stage I	83		39	41		41	42		38
Stage II	111		53	51		52	60		54
Unknown	17		8	7		7	10		9
Treatment
Surgery	416		85	206		87	210		83
Radiation therapy	221		45	108		46	113		45
Chemotherapy	127		26	64		27	63		25
Hormonal therapy	195		40	99		42	96		38
Other	17		4	7		3	10		4
No. of comorbid conditions
Mean		2.1			2.0			2.2
SD		1.7			1.8			1.7
Range		0–11			0–10			0–11
Education
≤ High school graduate	56		11	28		12	28		11
Some college or associate	145		30	64		27	81		32
College graduate/postgraduate	288		59	144		61	144		57