Table 1.
Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of Recent Internet Users Compared With All Others
| Characteristic | Read in Past Month (n = 84) |
Did Not Read in Past Month (n = 474) |
Total (n = 558) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Age, years* | ||||||
| Mean | 53.1 | 58.8 | 57.9 | |||
| SD | 10.8 | 13.1 | 12.9 | |||
| Race | ||||||
| White | 61 | 72.6 | 376 | 79.3 | 437 | 78.3 |
| Latino/Hispanic | 7 | 8.3 | 23 | 4.9 | 30 | 5.4 |
| African American | 7 | 8.3 | 47 | 9.9 | 54 | 9.7 |
| Asian | 6 | 7.1 | 17 | 3.6 | 23 | 4.1 |
| Unknown/other | 3 | 3.6 | 11 | 2.3 | 14 | 2.5 |
| Disease stage | ||||||
| I | 41 | 48.8 | 210 | 44.3 | 251 | 45 |
| II | 15 | 17.9 | 122 | 25.7 | 137 | 24.6 |
| III | 10 | 11.9 | 41 | 8.6 | 51 | 9.1 |
| IV | 18 | 21.4 | 101 | 21.3 | 119 | 21.3 |
| Recurrent disease | 8 | 9.5 | 53 | 11.2 | 61 | 10.9 |
| Time since diagnosis, years† | ||||||
| Mean | 2.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | |||
| SD | 4.2 | 6.2 | 5.9 | |||
| Visit characteristics | ||||||
| Type of visit† | ||||||
| Follow-up | 43 | 51.1 | 307 | 64.8 | 350 | 62.7 |
| New visit | 41 | 48.9 | 167 | 35.2 | 208 | 37.3 |
| Physician | ||||||
| Surgeon | 33 | 39.3 | 155 | 32.7 | 188 | 33.7 |
| Medical oncologist | 51 | 60.7 | 319 | 67.3 | 370 | 66.3 |
| No. of visits with this physician | ||||||
| Mean | 8.9 | 10.6 | 10.3 | |||
| SD | 15.6 | 16.9 | 16.7 | |||
| Time since first visit, years | ||||||
| Mean | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | |||
| SD | 2.8 | 5.2 | 4.9 | |||
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
*
P < .01.
†
P < .05.