Table 2.
Characteristics of all breast and prostate cancer patients (users and nonusers) with access to WebChoice.
| Characteristics | WebChoice access N=162 |
Users n=103 |
Nonusers n=59 |
P value | ||
| Demographic factors | ||||||
| Age, median (range) | 57 (35-80) | 58 (36-79) | 56 (35-80) | .15 | ||
| Marital status, n (%) | .94 | |||||
| Married/cohabitating | 135 (83.3) | 86 (83.5) | 49 (83.1) | |||
| Single/divorced | 27 (16.7) | 17 (16.5) | 10 (16.9) | |||
| Education, n (%) | .89 | |||||
| Elementary/high school | 62 (38.3) | 38 (36.9) | 24 (40.7) | |||
| University/college ≤4 years | 69 (42.6) | 45 (43.7) | 24 (40.7) | |||
| University/college >4 years | 31 (19.1) | 20 (19.4) | 11 (18.6) | |||
| Household annual income (NOK), n (%) a | .63 | |||||
| <400,000 | 48 (29.6) | 32 (31.1) | 16 (27.1) | |||
| 400,000 to 600,000 | 44 (27.2) | 26 (25.2) | 18 (30.5) | |||
| >600,000 | 65 (40.1) | 44 (42.7) | 21 (35.6) | |||
| Missing data | 5 (3.1) | 1 (1.0) | 4 (6.8) | |||
| Disease-related factors | ||||||
| Diagnosis, n (%) | .09 | |||||
| Breast cancer | 96 (59.3) | 56 (54.4) | 40 (67.8) | |||
| Prostate cancer | 66 (40.7) | 47 (45.6) | 19 (32.2) | |||
| Months since diagnosis, median (IQR)b | 11.5 (21) | 11.0 (22) | 12.0 (20.3) | .52 | ||
| Metastasis, n (%) | 26 (16.0) | 18 (17.5) | 8 (13.6) | .51 | ||
| Recurrence, n (%) | 13 (8.0) | 6 (5.8) | 7 (11.9) | .17 | ||
| Other illnesses, n (%) | 63 (38.9) | 35 (34.0) | 28 (47.5) | .08 | ||
| Psychosocial factors, median (IQR) b | ||||||
| Symptom distress | 28 (27) | 29 (28) | 25 (23) | .49 | ||
| Social support | 84 (28) | 84 (28) | 84 (31) | .38 | ||
| Depression | 9.5 (12) | 10 (12) | 9 (12) | .51 | ||
| Self-efficacy | 219 (67) | 216 (71) | 227 (64) | .57 | ||
| Health-related quality of life | 0.86 (0.16) | 0.86 (0.15) | 0.88 (0.16) | .49 | ||
| Computer experience, n (%) | .07 | |||||
| None/little | 16 (9.9) | 6 (5.8) | 10 (16.9) | |||
| Medium | 48 (29.6) | 32 (31.1) | 16 (27.1) | |||
| High | 93 (57.4) | 62 (60.2) | 31 (52.5) | |||
| Missing data | 5 (3.1) | 3 (2.9) | 2 (3.4) | |||
a NOK = Norwegian kroner (400,000 NOK≈US $67,000; 600,000 NOK≈US $100,000).
b IQR = Interquartile range.