Table 1.
| Baseline Characteristics *Bold value in range indicates worse score | Panel Analysis Sample n = 329 | Participants w/Missing Data n = 76 | P Value |
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| Mean (SD) age, yr | 58.5 (10.5) | 60.1 (12.0) | .10 |
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| Female sex, n (%) | 228 (69) | 47 (62) | .26 |
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| Race, n (%) | |||
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| White | 260 (79) | 62 (82) | .76 |
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| Black | 61 (18) | 12 (16) | .69 |
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| Other | 8 (2) | 2 (3) | .76 |
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| Education, n (%) | |||
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| Less than High school | 68 (21) | 19 (25) | .50 |
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| High school | 131 (40) | 29 (38) | .89 |
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| Some college or trade school | 89 (27) | 19 (25) | .83 |
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| College graduate | 41 (13) | 9 (12) | .96 |
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| Married, n (%) | 159 (48) | 33 (43) | .52 |
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| Employment status, n (%) | |||
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| Employed | 65 (20) | 17 (23) | .72 |
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| Unable to work due to poor health or disability | 148 (45) | 28 (37) | .25 |
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| Retired | 92 (28) | 25 (33) | .48 |
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| Other | 24 (7) | 6 (8) | .95 |
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| Mean (SD) scores * | |||
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| SF Vitality Scale Total (score range, 0-100) | 29.12 (19.6) | 24.51 (17.0) | .25 |
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| BPI pain severity (score range, 0-10) | 4.20 (2.3) | 4.54 (2.5) | .23 |
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| SCL-20 depression (score range, 0-4) | 1.43 (0.7) | 1.50 (0.6) | .42 |
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| Type of cancer, n (%) | |||
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| Breast | 106 (32) | 12 (16) | .007 |
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| Lung | 60 (18) | 21 (28) | .09 |
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| Gastrointestinal | 57 (17) | 13 (17) | .90 |
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| Lymphoma and hematological | 41 (13) | 12 (16) | .56 |
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| Genitourinary | 33 (10) | 8 (11) | .94 |
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| Other | 32 (10) | 10 (13) | .50 |
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| Phase of cancer, n (%) | |||
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| Newly-diagnosed | 126 (38) | 24 (31) | .37 |
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| Maintenance or disease-free | 146 (44) | 26 (34) | .14 |
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| Recurrent or progressive | 57 (17) | 26 (34) | .002 |