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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2014 Apr 9;22(9):2465–2472. doi: 10.1007/s00520-014-2220-5

Table I.

Demographics and Clinical Characteristics

Number (%)
Gender Male 135 (45.6%)
Female 161 (54.4%)

Race Caucasian 247 (83.5%)
African American 37 (12.5%)
Asian 8 (2.7%)
Native American 1 (0.34%)
Other 3 (1.0%)

Age Less than or Equal to 65 170 (57.6%)
Mean 63.1 (10.8) Over 65 125 (42.4%)
Missing 1 (0.34%)

Education Less than a College Degree 190 (64.2%)
College Degree or more 106 (35.8%)

Smoking History Current Smoker 32 (10.9%)
Former Smoker 201 (68.1%)
Never Smoker 62 (21.0%)
Missing 1 (0.34%)

Cancer Type NSCLC 253 (86.4%)
SCLC 33 (11.3%)
Other 7 (2.4%)
Missing 3 (1%)

Cancer Stage I 36 (12.2%)
II 28 (9.52%)
III 76 (25.9%)
IV 154 (52.4%)
Missing 2 (0.7%)

Treatment History Surgery to Remove Cancer 118 (39.9%)
Chemotherapy 248 (83.8%)
Radiation Therapy 160 (54.1%)
Immune Therapies 35 (11.8%)

Treatment Phase Prior to Therapy 13 (4.5%)
Currently in Therapy 162 (55.5%)
Completed Therapy 98 (33.6%)
Other 19 (6.5%)
Missing 4 (1.3%)

CAM Utilization Yes 150 (50.9%)
No 145 (49.2%)
Missing 1 (0.34%)

Perceived Health Status Fair/Poor 69 (23.3%)
Good/Very Good/Excellent 227 (76.7%)

Control over Cause No/Low Control 181 (61.2%)
Medium/High Control 115 (38.8%)

Control over Outcome No/Low Control 18(6.1%)
Medium/High Control 278 (93.9%)

Religious Control No/Low Control 93 (31.4%)
Medium/High Control 203 (68.6%)