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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2012 Mar 21;22(4):947–951. doi: 10.1002/pon.3075

Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics and Outcome Data


Total Sample
(N=31)
Depressed Sample
(HADS-Dep >=8)
(N=17)
Age 50 (27–68) 46 (32–68)

Gender

Female 27 (87%) 14 (82%)
Race

White 27 (87%) 15 (88%)
Af.Am. 3 (10%) 2 (12%)
Asian 1 (3%) 0
Ethnicity

Hispanic 3 (10%) 3 (18%)
Education N(%) N(%)

Professional Degree 2 (6%) 0
Masters 10 (32%) 6 (35%)
4yr 13 (42%) 6 (35%)
Some College 4 (13%) 3 (18%)
2yr 1 (3%) 1 (6%)
Some HS 1 (3%) 1(6%)
Cancer Type

Breast 14 (45%) 8 (47%)
Lymphoma 8 (26%) 4 (24%)
Gynecologic 3 (10%) 1 (6%)
Lung 2 (6%) 1 (6%)
Colon 2 (6%) 1 (6%)
Sarcoma 1 (3%) 1 (6%)
Thyroid 1 (3%) 1 (6%)
Stage

I 8 (26%) 5 (29%)
II 11(35%) 5 (29%)
III 6 (19%) 3 (18%)
IV 3 (10%) 2 (12%)
none 3 (10%) 2 (12%)

Main Outcomes (Intention to Treat)*

Total Sample
Sample with HADS-D>=8
Onward (N=15) III-Only (N=16) Onward (N=10) III-Only (n=7)

HADS - Dep Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)

Baseline 7.73 (4.06) 6.63 (4.24) 10.10 (2.02) 10.43 (2.51)
Post-Tx 5.40 (2.67) 5.14 (3.28) 6.50 (2.51) 7.67 (2.16)
effect size 0.72 0.38 1.27 0.89
Adherence

Mean logins 20.8 (17.7) 12.5 (12.5) 21.5 (18.7) 11.3 (8.6)
Drop-outs 2 (13.3%) 5 (31.3%) 1 (10%) 3 (42.9%)