Table 1. Participant demographics and medical interventions for participants in computerised and personalised triage groups at baseline.
|
Computer (
n
=1531)
|
Personalised (
n
=1602)
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic and medical interventions | N | % | N | % |
| Mean age (years) | 60.83 | 61.65 | ||
| s.d. | 13.55 | 13.51 | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 648 | 42.3 | 665 | 41.5 |
| Female | 883 | 57.7 | 937 | 58.5 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 140 | 9.1 | 115 | 7.2 |
| Married | 971 | 63.4 | 1039 | 64.9 |
| Separated | 32 | 2.1 | 41 | 2.6 |
| Divorced | 125 | 8.2 | 122 | 7.6 |
| Widow/widower | 136 | 8.9 | 174 | 10.9 |
| Common law | 85 | 5.6 | 72 | 4.5 |
| Committed | 14 | 0.9 | 10 | 0.6 |
| Missing | 28 | 1.8 | 29 | 1.8 |
| Living arrangements | ||||
| Not alone | 1232 | 80.5 | 1282 | 80.0 |
| Alone | 272 | 17.5 | 292 | 18.2 |
| Missing | 27 | 1.8 | 29 | 1.8 |
| Education | ||||
| Elementary School (1–6) | 28 | 1.8 | 27 | 1.7 |
| Middle School (7–9) | 139 | 9.1 | 131 | 8.2 |
| High School (10–12) | 526 | 34.4 | 546 | 34.1 |
| Community College | 304 | 19.9 | 304 | 19.0 |
| Some University | 161 | 10.5 | 171 | 10.7 |
| Completed University | 226 | 14.8 | 279 | 17.4 |
| Postgraduate | 119 | 7.8 | 110 | 6.9 |
| Missing | 28 | 1.8 | 34 | 2.1 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White/Caucasian | 1336 | 87.3 | 1412 | 88.1 |
| Southeast Asian | 42 | 2.7 | 35 | 2.2 |
| South Asian | 21 | 1.4 | 23 | 1.4 |
| First Nation | 15 | 1.0 | 15 | 0.9 |
| Latin American/Hispanic | 15 | 1.0 | 7 | 0.4 |
| Chinese | 33 | 2.2 | 39 | 2.4 |
| Arab/Middle Eastern | 14 | 0.9 | 6 | 0.4 |
| Black | 7 | 0.5 | 18 | 1.1 |
| Multiple ethnicities | 17 | 1.1 | 16 | 1.0 |
| Missing | 31 | 2.0 | 15 | 1.9 |
| English as first language | ||||
| Yes | 1335 | 87.2 | 1404 | 87.6 |
| No | 170 | 11.1 | 169 | 10.7 |
| Missing | 26 | 1.7 | 29 | 1.8 |
| Family income | ||||
| Less than $30 000 | 338 | 22.1 | 340 | 21.2 |
| Less than $50 000 | 290 | 18.9 | 294 | 18.4 |
| Less than $80 000 | 220 | 14.4 | 255 | 15.9 |
| Less than $100 000 | 126 | 8.2 | 127 | 7.9 |
| More than $100 000 | 249 | 16.3 | 257 | 16.0 |
| Prefer not to say | 280 | 18.3 | 297 | 18.5 |
| Missing | 28 | 1.8 | 32 | 2.0 |
| Source income | ||||
| Employment | 490 | 32.0 | 526 | 32.8 |
| Pension/retirement (CPP) | 519 | 33.9 | 537 | 33.5 |
| Family members (spouse/parent) | 171 | 11.0 | 163 | 10.2 |
| Social assistance | 129 | 8.6 | 123 | 7.7 |
| Prefer not to say | 98 | 6.4 | 113 | 7.1 |
| Other | 97 | 6.3 | 108 | 6.7 |
| Missing | 27 | 1.8 | 32 | 2.0 |
| Diagnosis | ||||
| Breast | 458 | 29.9 | 489 | 30.5 |
| Gastrointestinal | 256 | 16.7 | 267 | 16.7 |
| Lung | 188 | 12.3 | 202 | 12.6 |
| Prostate | 194 | 12.7 | 182 | 11.4 |
| Skin | 88 | 5.7 | 98 | 6.1 |
| Gynaecologic | 95 | 6.2 | 84 | 5.2 |
| Head and neck | 65 | 4.2 | 67 | 4.2 |
| Lymphoma | 41 | 2.7 | 59 | 3.7 |
| Leukaemia | 29 | 1.9 | 44 | 2.7 |
| Brain | 23 | 1.5 | 27 | 1.7 |
| Thyroid | 23 | 1.5 | 22 | 1.4 |
| Testicular | 20 | 1.3 | 19 | 1.2 |
| Other | 51 | 3.3 | 42 | 2.6 |
| Treatment before baseline | ||||
| Surgery | 547 | 35.7 | 627 | 39.1 |
| Chemotherapy | 107 | 7.0 | 88 | 5.5 |
| Radiation therapy | 34 | 2.2 | 41 | 2.6 |
| Hormone therapy | 48 | 3.1 | 42 | 2.6 |
| No treatment | 849 | 55.5 | 857 | 54.7 |
Abbreviation: CPP=Canadian Pension Plan.