Table 1. Characteristics of the Study Sample.
| Patient | Spouse | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | M | SD | N | (%) | M | (SD) | N | (%) |
| Age (years) | 55 | (10.5) | 57.7 | (27.2) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 330 | (100) | 2 | (0.6) | ||||
| Male | 0 | 328 | (99.4) | |||||
| Education | ||||||||
| < High school | 5 | (1.5) | 6 | (1.8) | ||||
| High school | 63 | (19.1) | 57 | (17.3) | ||||
| Some college | 69 | (20.9) | 70 | (21.2) | ||||
| College degree | 71 | (21.5) | 66 | (20.0) | ||||
| Some graduate school | 39 | (11.9) | 45 | (13.7) | ||||
| Graduate degree | 81 | (24.5) | 77 | (23.3) | ||||
| Missing | 9 | (5.4) | ||||||
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Full time | 133 | (40.3) | 207 | (62.7) | ||||
| Part time | 41 | (12.4) | 17 | (5.2) | ||||
| On leave/retired | 78 | (36.0) | 83 | (25.1) | ||||
| Unemployed | 35 | (10.6) | 12 | (3.6) | ||||
| Missing | 2 | (0.6) | 11 | (6.6) | ||||
| Race | ||||||||
| Caucasian | 289 | (87.6) | 279 | (84.5) | ||||
| Black | 31 | (9.4) | 30 | (9.1) | ||||
| Asian | 3 | (1.0) | 3 | (0.9) | ||||
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 3 | (1.0) | 0 | (0) | ||||
| Other | 4 | (1.2) | 7 | (2.1) | ||||
| Missing | 11 | (5.4) | ||||||
| Relationship length (married) | 25.1 | (14.1) | 25.2 | (14.1) | ||||
| Relationship length (cohabitating) | 8.3 | (6.3) | 7.7 | (6.5) | ||||
| Disease stage | ||||||||
| DCIS (0) | 81 | (24.5) | ||||||
| 1 | 137 | (41.5) | ||||||
| 2 | 95 | (28.8) | ||||||
| 3a | 17 | (5.2) | ||||||
| Surgery | ||||||||
| Breast-conserving | 151 | (49.1) | ||||||
| Mastectomy | 168 | (50.9) | ||||||
| Current treatment | ||||||||
| Chemotherapy | 93 | (28.2) | ||||||
| Radiation | 61 | (18.5) | ||||||
| Both | 5 | (1.5) | ||||||
| No Rx | 145 | (43.9) | ||||||
| Missing | 26 | (7.9) | ||||||
| Time since diagnosis (months) | 5.1 | (4.4) | ||||||