Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics, EPIC symptoms,and personal influences ina randomized controlled trialof men with localizedprostate cancer (N = 448)
|
Characteristic |
Overall |
Concordant |
Not Concordant |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
N = 448 |
N = 211 |
N = 237 |
|||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Intervention group |
239 |
53 |
107 |
51 |
132 |
56 |
| Study site |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Augusta, GA - Veteran’s Affairs |
81 |
18 |
43 |
20 |
38 |
16 |
| Philadelphia, PA - Fox Chase Cancer Center |
79 |
18 |
26 |
12 |
53 |
22 |
| San Antonio, TX - Veteran’s Affairs |
21 |
4.7 |
14 |
6.6 |
7 |
3.0 |
| Seattle, WA - Seattle Prostate Institute |
18 |
4.0 |
10 |
4.7 |
8 |
3.4 |
| University of Washington – Seattle Cancer Care Alliance |
207 |
46 |
96 |
46 |
111 |
47 |
| Seattle, WA - Puget Sound Veteran’s Affairs |
42 |
9.4 |
22 |
10 |
20 |
8.4 |
| Age 65 or older at enrollment |
175 |
39 |
89 |
42 |
86 |
36 |
| 4 or more weeks since biopsy |
297 |
66 |
141 |
67 |
156 |
66 |
| Prior doctor's visit |
318 |
71 |
139 |
66 |
179 |
76 |
| Minority race/ethnicity |
71 |
16 |
42 |
20 |
29 |
12 |
| Currently married or partnered |
352 |
79 |
168 |
80 |
184 |
78 |
| College degree or higher |
255 |
57 |
116 |
55 |
139 |
59 |
| Full-time work status |
206 |
46 |
90 |
43 |
116 |
49 |
| <$35,000 annual household income |
100 |
22 |
57 |
27 |
43 |
18 |
| Health Insurance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None or missing |
16 |
3.6 |
6 |
2.8 |
10 |
4.2 |
| VA or Military |
96 |
21 |
55 |
26 |
41 |
17 |
| Medicare, State, or Private |
336 |
75 |
150 |
71 |
186 |
78 |
| Internet as an information source |
314 |
70 |
135 |
64 |
179 |
76 |
| Influenced by age |
276 |
62 |
120 |
57 |
156 |
66 |
| Treatment choice by 6-months |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Active surveillance |
68 |
15 |
39 |
18 |
29 |
12 |
| External Beam Radiotherapy |
94 |
21 |
28 |
13 |
66 |
28 |
| Brachytherapy |
63 |
14 |
23 |
11 |
40 |
17 |
| Radical Prostatectomy |
223 |
50 |
121 |
57 |
102 |
43 |
| |
Mean ± |
St Dev |
Mean ± |
St Dev |
Mean ± |
St Dev |
| State anxiety |
40.2 ± |
13.2 |
38.1 ± |
12.5 |
42.0 ± |
13.5 |
| Trait anxiety |
33.4 ± |
10.2 |
33.1 ± |
9.6 |
33.6 ± |
10.7 |
| Baseline EPIC hormonal |
88.7 ± |
12.8 |
89.1 ± |
13.1 |
88.4 ± |
12.6 |
| Baseline EPIC urinary irritative |
84.4 ± |
15.1 |
84.5 ± |
13.6 |
84.2 ± |
16.4 |
| Baseline EPIC urinary incontinence |
92.9 ± |
13.3 |
91.6 ± |
14.4 |
93.9 ± |
12.2 |
| Baseline EPIC bowel |
94.4 ± |
10.2 |
94.6 ± |
10.5 |
94.2 ± |
9.8 |
| Baseline EPIC sexual |
64.1 ± |
29.8 |
60.2 ± |
31.2 |
67.5 ± |
28.3 |
| 6-month EPIC hormonal |
85.4 ± |
16.6 |
87.0 ± |
15.9 |
84.0 ± |
17.2 |
| 6-month EPIC urinary irritative |
82.6 ± |
17.8 |
83.3 ± |
17.4 |
82.0 ± |
18.2 |
| 6-month EPIC urinary incontinence |
73.3 ± |
29.3 |
69.4 ± |
30.4 |
76.8 ± |
27.8 |
| 6-month EPIC bowel |
90.3 ± |
14.5 |
90.5 ± |
14.5 |
90.1 ± |
14.5 |
| 6-month EPIC sexual |
40.1 ± |
31.9 |
35.1 ± |
30.4 |
44.6 ± |
32.5 |
| Index for influential people |
6.1 ± |
3.0 |
5.7 ± |
3.0 |
6.5 ± |
2.9 |
| Index of recreational and work activities |
3.9 ± |
1.8 |
3.4 ± |
1.9 |
4.3 ± |
1.6 |
| Influenced by expected survival |
2.6 ± |
0.81 |
2.4 ± |
0.93 |
2.7 ± |
0.65 |
| Influenced by confidence or lack of confidence in a particular doctor | 2.5 ± | 0.90 | 2.3 ± | 1.0 | 2.7 ± | 0.69 |