Table 1. Participant Characteristics (n = 186).
% (n) M (SD) | |
Diagnosis and Treatment | |
Self-reported Oncotype Recurrence Risk | |
Low (<12%) | 72 (113) |
Intermediate (12%–21%) | 24 (37) |
High (>21%) | 4 (7) |
Time since breast cancer diagnosis (months)1 | 22.62 (15.9) |
<13 | 30 (56) |
13–24 | 36 (66) |
≥25 | 34 (63) |
Treatments received | |
Radiation | 63 (118) |
Chemotherapy | 30 (55) |
Hormone therapy | 79 (144) |
Chemotherapy and Radiation | 17 (32) |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.28 (5.90) |
Underweight | 2 (3) |
Normal weight | 49 (89) |
Overweight | 27 (49) |
Obese | 23 (42) |
Sociodemographics | |
Age (mean) | 56.62 (9.92) |
Race/Ethnicity | |
White | 80 (146) |
Black | 14 (26) |
Other | 6 (10) |
Education | |
Less than college | 39 (73) |
College graduate | 61 (112) |
Married or living as married | 70 (130) |
Health Insurance | 97 (177) |
Annual household income | |
<$60,000 | 31 (51) |
≥$60,000 or more | 69 (116) |
Psychosocial | |
Perceived Recurrence Risk | 15.73 (18.5) |
Breast Cancer Worry2 | 1.80 (0.91) |
Adherence to Health Behaviors | |
BMI | 49 (89) |
Regular fruit and vegetable intake | 47 (87) |
Regular physical activity | 51 (93) |
Note: Some variables reflect an n<186 due to missing data for that variable;
We excluded a participant with an outlier of 194 months from all analyses;
Breast cancer worry items had a response scale coded 1–4, with higher scores reflecting greater worry about cancer recurrence.