Table 4.
Characteristics of women participating in population-based randomized trial comparing telephone to in-person counseling for BRCA1/2 testing
| Characteristic | Overall (n) | In-person (n) | Telephone (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y | |||
| Mean | 56.1 (988) | 55.9 (495) | 56.2 (493) |
| Standard deviation | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Self-reported race/ethnicity, % | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 94 (930) | 93 (458) | 96 (472) |
| Hispanic | 3 (32) | 4 (22) | 2 (10) |
| Other | 3 (26) | 3 (15) | 2 (11) |
| Self-reported Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, % | |||
| Yes | 1 (9) | 1 (3) | 1 (6) |
| No | 99 (979) | 99 (492) | 99 (487) |
| Marital status, % | |||
| Married or living as married | 79 (784) | 79 (389) | 80 (395) |
| Single/widowed/Separated/divorced | 21 (204) | 21 (106) | 20 (98) |
| Educational level, % | |||
| High school or less | 22 (215) | 20 (99) | 24 (116) |
| Some college, Associates degree, or vocational school | 38 (374) | 41 (205) | 34 (169) |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 40 (399) | 39 (191) | 42 (208) |
| Rural/Urban residence, %* | |||
| Urban | 85 (844) | 86 (426) | 85 (418) |
| Rural | 15 (144) | 14 (69) | 15 (75) |
| Household income, yearly, % | |||
| <$29999 | 13 (128) | 12 (59) | 14 (69) |
| $30000-49999 | 19 (190) | 21 (106) | 17 (84) |
| $50000-69999 | 19 (188) | 19 (94) | 19 (94) |
| >$70000 | 45 (441) | 45 (221) | 45 (220) |
| Missing | 4 (41) | 3 (15) | 5 (26) |
| Employment status, % | |||
| Employed (for wages or self-employed) | 62 (613) | 63 (312) | 61 (301) |
| Nonemployed | 38 (375) | 37 (183) | 39 (192) |
| Health care coverage, % | |||
| Yes | 97 (957) | 98 (486) | 96 (471) |
| No | 3 (31) | 2 (9) | 4 (22) |
| Has a personal health care provider, % | |||
| Yes | 89 (876) | 89 (439) | 89 (437) |
| No | 11 (112) | 11 (56) | 11 (56) |
| Personal history of breast and/or ovarian/Fallopian tube/peritoneal cancer, % | |||
| Yes | 97 (963) | 97 (478) | 98 (485) |
| No | 3 (25) | 3 (17) | 2 (8) |
| Personal history of ovarian cancer, % | |||
| Yes | 8 (75) | 7 (36) | 8 (39) |
| No | 92 (913) | 93 (459) | 92 (454) |
| Recruited relative, % | 2.5 (25) | 3.4(17) | 1.6 (8) |
* Rural/urban residence was based on Rural-Urban Computing Area (RUCA) codes at the zip code level. RUCA codes were developed by the University of Washington Rural Health Research Center and the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (ERS), with the support of the federal Health Resource and Service Administration’s Office of Rural Health Policy and the ERS using standard Census Bureau urbanized area and urban cluster definitions in combination with work commuting data to characterize census tracts and later zip codes. The 10 RUCA categories were aggregated into urban (1–3) and rural (4–10) as recommended by the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI) Rural Health Research Center.