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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2013 Apr 9;7(3):379–391. doi: 10.1007/s11764-013-0280-z

Table 3.

Effect of randomized Newsletter Insert on Intervention Targeted Behaviors by risk group

Visited doctor in last 2
years
Survivor or MD has
childhood cancer
treatment summarya
Discussed with MD
about risks associated
with childhood
cancerb
Appropriate screening
behaviorc
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Insert
p-valued Insert No
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p-valued Insert No
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p-valued Insert No
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p-valued
At risk Group

Females
  Breast Cancer 95.9% 96.2% 0.65 47.1% 43.8% 0.24 47.9% 49.0% 0.64 57.1% 56.5% 0.48
  Heart Disease 91.9% 92.6% 0.70 42.4% 39.6% 0.22 19.2% 15.5% 0.08 31.1% 26.4% 0.08
  Osteoporosis 93.3% 91.1% 0.35 38.1% 42.2% 0.78 10.1% 4.0% 0.05 12.4% 7.8% 0.18
Males
  Heart Disease 86.8% 85.0% 0.17 44.9% 41.4% 0.10 22.0% 22.5% 0.62 25.2% 24.8% 0.46
  Osteoporosis 75.9% 83.3% 0.94 41.6% 42.5% 0.60 1.7% 3.7% 0.91 5.9% 5.9% 0.62
a

Survivors’ reporting of whether they or their MD had a summary of their childhood cancer treatment used a dichotomous outcome of yes versus no or don’t know, based upon the view that the intervention had not produced the preferred outcome if the survivor reported they did not know.

b

Risk discussion depends on at risk group: discussed cancer related issues, discussed heart disease, or discussed osteoporosis

c

appropriate screening behavior depends on at risk group: mammogram within last 2 years, echocardiogram within last two years, bone density within last 2 years.

d

p-value based on one sided Fisher’s exact test that outcome has higher rate in insert group versus no insert group.