Table 1.
Cohort characteristics
| |
n (%) or Mean ± SD |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | (n = 122) |
| Age, yr | 64.1 ± 8.7 |
| Sex (% male) | 114 (93) |
| Socioeconomic status | |
| Education (≥college) | 77 (63) |
| Currently married | 64 (53) |
| Income (≥$30k/yr) | 70 (61) |
| Smoking status | |
| Never | 27 (22) |
| Past | 58 (48) |
| Current | 37 (30) |
| Mental health | |
| Depression (self-reported) | 60 (49) |
| PTSD (self-reported) | 39 (32) |
| Nodule/imaging characteristics | |
| Nodule size, mm | 5.8 ± 2.7 |
| Location in upper lobe | 46 (41) |
| Spiculated nodule | 2 (2) |
| Symptomatic indication* | 99 (82) |
| Detection to study visit, d | 122 ± 76 |
| Nodule information processes/satisfaction | |
| How the participant was informed | |
| Letter | 62 (52) |
| Visit | 32 (27) |
| Phone | 26 (22) |
| Who informed the participant | |
| Primary care provider | 41 (34)† |
| Research | 44 (36) |
| Other | 37 (30) |
| How informed about what a nodule is | |
| Not at all informed | 39 (32) |
| Somewhat informed | 65 (54) |
| Very informed | 14 (12) |
| Unknown | 3 (2) |
| How satisfied with clinician’s explanation | |
| Not at all satisfied | 7 (6) |
| Somewhat satisfied | 23 (19) |
| Very satisfied | 32 (26) |
| Unknown | 21 (17) |
| Missing | 39 (32) |
| Nodule care | |
| Satisfied with care | 78 (69) |
| Care could not be better | 24 (21) |
| Clinician is very skilled/knowledgeable | 21 (17) |
| Participant-reported risk of lung cancer | |
| ≤30% | 50 (41) |
| >30% | 56 (46) |
| Missing | 16 (13) |
| Average self-reported risk of lung cancer | 39% ± 26% |
| Participant’s assessment of the clinician-estimated risk of lung cancer | |
| ≤30% | 36 (30) |
| >30% | 45 (37) |
| Missing | 41 (34) |
| Average calculated risk of lung cancer (Mayo model) | 10% ± 12% |
| Communication processes | |
| Low-quality communication | 28 (23) |
| High-quality communication | 68 (56) |
| Missing quality communication | 26 (21) |
| Average communication quality score (lower scores better; max score = 7) | 3.0 ± 1.9 |
| Distress‡ | |
| No distress | 59 (48) |
| At least mild distress | 48 (39) |
| Missing distress | 15 (12) |
| Average distress score | 12.8 ± 15.1 |
Definition of abbreviation: PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder.
Percentages may not add to 100% secondary to rounding; percentages are of nonmissing data unless there were more than 10% missing data, in which case this category is included.
*
For example, nodules found on a computed tomography (CT) performed for cough or hemoptysis, for example, were categorized as “symptomatic.” If a chest X-ray for cough noted a small nodule and subsequent CT was performed for nodule visualization, not the cough, this was categorized as “asymptomatic.”
†
A total of 28 unique primary care providers.
‡
Distress measured on Impact of Event Scale with scores ≥8 classified as mild or greater distress.