Table 3.
Patients Who Had Ever Used Internet Compared With All Others
| Characteristic | Read Since Diagnosis (n = 49) |
Never Read Since Diagnosis (n = 210) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | |
| Age, years* | ||||
| Mean | 55.3 | 58.9 | ||
| SD | 13.3 | 12.8 | ||
| Race | ||||
| White | 40 | 81.6 | 177 | 84.3 |
| Latino/Hispanic | 3 | 6.1 | 6 | 2.9 |
| African American | 2 | 4.1 | 14 | 6.7 |
| Asian | 2 | 4.1 | 8 | 3.8 |
| Unknown/other | 2 | 4.1 | 5 | 2.4 |
| Disease stage | ||||
| I† | 15 | 30.6 | 109 | 51.9 |
| II | 17 | 34.7 | 46 | 21.9 |
| III | 9 | 18.4 | 18 | 8.6 |
| IV | 8 | 16.3 | 37 | 17.6 |
| Recurrent disease | 2 | 4.1 | 18 | 8.6 |
| Time since diagnosis, years | ||||
| Mean | 3.2 | 3.0 | ||
| SD | 4.3 | 5.5 | ||
| Visit type | ||||
| Follow-up | 30 | 61.2 | 99 | 47.1 |
| New visit | 19 | 38.8 | 111 | 52.9 |
| Physician | ||||
| Surgeon | 19 | 38.8 | 97 | 46.2 |
| Medical oncologist | 30 | 61.2 | 113 | 53.8 |
| No. of visits with this physician | ||||
| Mean | 8.6 | 6.6 | ||
| SD | 13.5 | 13.2 | ||
| Time since first visit, years | ||||
| Mean | 1.6 | 0.8 | ||
| SD | 2.7 | 6.7 | ||
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
*
P < .10.
†
P < .05 (different from three other stages combined).