Table 1.

Demographics and Disease Characteristics.

	Mean	SD	Range
Patient Age	56	14	24 – 82
Spouse Age	59	14	26 – 94
Years Married/Partnered	23	16	0.4 – 62
Months Since Diagnosis	11	14	1 – 56

	n	%
Patient Sex:
Female	52	100
Partner Sex:
Male	44	86.3
Female	7	13.7
Legally Married Couples:
	38	73.1
Patient Race:
Caucasian	42	80.8
Latina	6	11.5
African American	2	3.8
Other/Unknown	2	3.8
Partner Race:
Caucasian	42	82.4
Latino	8	15.7
Asian	1	2.0
Patient Education:
≤ Some College/Vocational	18	34.6
Bachelor’s Degree	18	34.6
Post-graduate Degree	16	30.8
Partner Education:
≤ Some College/Vocational	21	40.5
Bachelor’s Degree	10	19.6
Post-graduate Degree	20	39.2
Stage of Disease:
0	2	3.8
I	16	30.8
II	14	26.9
III	12	23.1
IV	4	7.7
Unknown	4	7.7
Patients on Medication for Depression	16	30.8

Note. For patients, N = 52; for spouses, N = 51.