Table 1.
Characteristic | Total Sample (N=89) | Used Services (n=73) | Did Not Use Services (n=16) | Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) |
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Sex, N (%) | ||||
Women | 78 (87.6) | 68 (93.1) | 10 (62.5) | 1.0 |
Men | 11 (12.4) | 5 (6.9) | 6 (37.5) | 0.18 (0.04, 0.79) |
Birthplace, N (%) | ||||
United States | 2 (2.3) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (6.2) | 1.0 |
Foreign-born | 86 (97.7) | 71 (98.6) | 15 (93.8) | 5.15 (0.30, 87.8) |
National origin, N (%) | ||||
Mexico | 31 (35.2) | 23 (31.9) | 8 (50.0) | 1.0 |
Central America | 45 (51.1) | 38 (52.8) | 7 (43.8) | 2.0 (0.59, 6.75) |
Other Latino origin | 12 (13.7) | 11 (15.3) | 1 (6.2) | 3.67 (0.40, 33.71) |
Age in years, mean (SD) | 55.1 (11.0) | 54.4 (1.25) | 58.1 (3.14) | 0.98 (0.93, 1.04) |
English-speaking ability, N (%) | ||||
Not at all/poorly | 25 (28.4) | 19 (26.4) | 6 (37.5) | 1.0 |
Fairly well | 40 (45.5) | 34 (47.2) | 6 (37.5) | 1.22 (0.31, 4.90) |
Well/very well | 23 (26.1) | 19 (26.4) | 4 (25.0) | 0.94 (0.20, 4.39) |
Education in years, N (%) | ||||
0–6 | 23 (26.1) | 15 (20.8) | 8 (50.0) | 1.0 |
7–12 | 41 (46.6) | 37 (51.4) | 4 (25.0) | 3.75 (0.92, 15.34) |
> 12 | 24 (27.3) | 20 (27.8) | 4 (25.0) | 2.04 (0.48, 8.60) |
Health insurance, N (%) | ||||
None | 8 (9.6) | 6 (8.7) | 2 (14.3) | 1.0 |
Public | 47 (56.6) | 38 (55.1) | 9 (64.3) | 1.37 (0.24, 7.95) |
Private | 28 (33.8) | 25 (36.2) | 3 (21.4) | 2.78 (0.38, 20.50) |
Marital status, N (%) | ||||
Married | 37 (42.1) | 29 (40.3) | 8 (50.0) | 1.0 |
Not married | 51 (57.9) | 43 (59.7) | 8 (50.0) | 2.03 (0.63, 6.49) |
Cancer site, N (%) | ||||
Breast | 61 (68.5) | 54 (88.5) | 7 (43.8) | 1.0 |
Other | 28 (31.5) | 19 (67.9) | 9 (56.2) | 0.21 (0.06, 0.76) |
Years since diagnosis, N (%) | ||||
< 1 | 18 (20.5) | 14 (19.4) | 4 (25.0) | 1.0 |
1–4 | 50 (56.8) | 40 (55.6) | 10 (62.5) | 0.59 (0.11, 3.03) |
5 or more | 20 (22.7) | 18 (25.0) | 2 (12.5) | 1.31 (0.16, 10.56) |
Knows stage at diagnosis, N (%) | ||||
No | 48 (53.9) | 43 (58.9) | 5 (31.3) | 1.0 |
Yes | 41 (46.1) | 30 (41.1) | 11 (68.7) | 2.73 (0.83, 9.04) |
Currently in treatment, N (%) | ||||
No | 41 (47.1) | 31 (43.1) | 10 (66.7) | 1.0 |
Yes | 46 (52.9) | 41 (56.9) | 5 (33.3) | 1.82 (0.52, 6.35) |
Current cancer is a recurrence, N (%) | ||||
No | 77 (88.5) | 63 (88.7) | 14 (87.5) | 1.0 |
Yes | 10 (11.5) | 8 (11.3) | 2 (12.5) | 0.44 (0.08, 2.58) |
Self-rated health, mean (SD)* | 2.84 (0.91) | 2.93 (0.92) | 2.50 (0.82) | 2.10 (0.98, 4.51) |
Family encouragement to seek support services | ||||
None/a little | 36 (43.4) | 24 (35.3) | 12 (80.0) | 1.0 |
Quite a bit/a lot | 47 (56.6) | 44 (64.7) | 3 (20.0) | 6.21 (1.55, 24.95) |
Oncologist encouragement to seek support services | ||||
None/a little | 56 (63.6) | 42 (57.5) | 14 (93.3) | 1.0 |
Quite a bit/a lot | 32 (36.4) | 31 (42.5) | 1 (6.7) | 7.89 (0.97, 64.56) |
Response options range from 1=poor to 5=excellent.
Note: cell sizes may not add up to total N due to missing data.