Table 1.

Baseline demographic and illness characteristics (n=167).

Characteristics		WebChoice (n=64)	IPPC (n=45)	Usual care (n=58)	P value
Age in years, median (range)		51 (37-79)	50 (31-66)	53 (36-69)	.21
Marital status, n (%)					.63
	Married/cohabitating	52 (82)	34 (76)	43 (77)
	Single/divorced	11 (18)	11 (24)	13 (23)
Education, n (%)					.29
	Elementary/high school	23 (37)	22 (49)	30 (54)
	University/college ≤4 years	24 (39)	14 (31)	12 (21)
	University/college >4 years	15 (24)	9 (20)	14 (25)
Household annual income, (NOK a ), n (%)					.46
	<400,000	8 (13)	12 (27)	10 (18)
	400,000 to 600,000	14 (23)	9 (20)	18 (32)
	600,000 to 800,000	19 (31)	11 (24)	13 (23)
	>800,000	21 (34)	13 (29)	15 (27)
Employment status, n (%)					.54
	Full-time/part-time work	21 (33)	18 (41)	14 (26)
	Sick leave/disability benefits	34 (54)	22 (50)	32 (58)
	Retired/other	8 (13 )	4 (9)	9 (16)
Stage of disease, n (%)					.53
	0	2 (3)	1 (2)	5 (9)
	1	24 (38)	21 (47)	26 (45)
	2	32 (50)	20 (47)	24 (41)
	3	6 (9)	2 (4)	3 (5)
Psychosocial factors, median (range)
	Symptom distress	.47 (.03-1.49)	.52 (.03-1.76)	.59 (.05-1.86)	.36
	Anxiety	4.0 (0-16)	5.0 (0-17)	4.0 (0-15)	.38
	Depression	1.5 (0-11)	2.0 (0-10)	2.0 (0-14)	.37
	Self-efficacy	247 (110-297)	214 (101-297)	238 (102-297)	.11
Months since diagnosis, median (range)		1 (0-10)	0 (0-9)	1 (0-10)	.16
Comorbidity, median (range)		2 (0-10)	2 (0-16)	2.0 (0-13)	.51
Sending/receiving email, n (%)
	> 1x/week	57 (91)	37 (82)	53 (95)	.09
	< 1x/week	2 (3)	6 (13)	3 (5)
	< 1x/month	4 (6)	2 (4)	0 (0)
Reading information on Internet, n (%)					.28
	> 1x/week	54 (87)	36 (80)	43 (78)
	< 1x/week	3 (5)	2 (4)	7 (13)
	< 1x/month	5 (8)	7 (16)	5 (9)
Participation in social media/groups, n (%)					.67
	> 1x/week	28 (45)	18 (40)	20 (36)
	< 1x/week	7 (11)	9 (20)	8 (15)
	Never	27 (44)	18 (40)	27 (49)

^aNOK=Norwegian kroner: 400,000≈$US 67,000; 600,000≈$US 100,000.