Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics and Disease Profile of Enrolled Patients (N = 10)
| Characteristic | Total
|
Usual Care (n = 5)
|
Telemonitored (n = 5)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X̄ | SD | Range | X̄ | SD | Range | X̄ | SD | Range | |
| Age (years) | 65.9 | 4.8 | 58–73 | 65.4 | 3.4 | 60–69 | 66.4 | 6.3 | 58–73 |
| Education (years) | 9.3 | 1.3 | 8–12 | 8.4 | 0.9 | 8–10 | 10.2 | 1.1 | 9–12 |
| Body mass index | 26 | 5.4 | 20.2–35.6 | 29.2 | 5.9 | 20.2–35.6 | 22.8 | 2 | 20.3–25.6 |
| Length of index hospital stay (days) | 4.3 | 2.4 | – | 2.8 | 1.1 | 2–4 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 2–8 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index scorea | 8.1 | 3.4 | – | 9.6 | 3.8 | 5–15 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 3–9 |
| Characteristic | n | n | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Female | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Education | |||
| Elementary school | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| High school | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| College or higher | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Marital status | |||
| Not married | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Married | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Living situation | |||
| Living with family or relatives | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Living alone | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Smoking history | |||
| Past smoker | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Active smoker | 1 | 1 | – |
| Household income ($) | |||
| Less than 50,000 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 50,000 or more | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Payment coverage | |||
| Primary: Medicare | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Primary: Commercial (Blue Cross/Blue Shield) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Secondary: Medicaid | 3 | 3 | – |
| Type of lung cancer | |||
| Non-small cell | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Small cell | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Cancer stage | |||
| I–IIIA | 2 | 2 | – |
| IIIB–IV extensive lesion | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Small cell lung cancer in remission | 1 | – | 1 |
a
The Charlson Comorbidity Index is a weighted index; scores range from 0–11, with higher scores indicating severity of comorbid conditions and higher risk of one-year mortality.