Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

Characteristic	Reflexology (N = 95)		Lay Foot Manipulation (N = 95)		Control (N = 96)		p
	X̄	SD	X̄	SD	X̄	SD
Age (years)	55.3	9.4	54.8	11.2	57.3	11.8	0.25
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%	p
Race							0.62
Caucasian	80	84	75	79	83	86
Other	14	15	15	16	11	11
Missing	1	1	5	5	2	2
Employed							0.34
Yes	38	40	33	35	29	30
No	56	59	62	65	67	70
Missing	1	1	–	–	–	–
Education							0.06
High school or less	17	18	25	26	32	33
Some college or more	77	81	70	74	64	67
Missing	1	1	–	–	–	–
Marital status							0.86
Married or partnered	61	64	63	66	60	63
Not married	33	35	31	33	35	36
Missing	1	1	1	1	1	1
Stage of cancer							0.38
I	7	7	7	7	4	4
II	9	9	13	14	20	21
III	35	37	33	35	27	28
IV	44	48	42	44	44	46
Missing	–	–	–	–	1	1
Recurrent disease							0.66
Yes	30	32	35	37	30	31
No	65	68	60	63	66	69
Metastasis							0.69
Yes	76	80	78	82	74	77
No	19	20	17	18	22	23

Note. Because of rounding, not all percentages total 100.