Table 1. Participant Demographics for Each Time Period (N = 100).
| Variable | Total | During Treatment (n = 25) | After Treatment (n = 25) | Three Months Post-Treatment (n = 25) | Six Months Post-Treatment (n = 25) | |||||
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| X̄ | SD | X̄ | SD | X̄ | SD | X̄ | SD | X̄ | SD | |
| Age (years) | 56.1 | 11.8 | 54 | 11 | 59.9 | 11 | 58.4 | 11 | 53.3 | 11.8 |
| Education (years) | 14.8 | 1.2 | 14.4 | 1.3 | 14 | 1.1 | 16 | 1.1 | 14 | 1.2 |
| Perceived health statusa | 2.9 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.8 |
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| Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Caucasian | 89 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 | |||||
| Other | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Marriage status | ||||||||||
| Partnered | 75 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 21 | |||||
| Employment status | ||||||||||
| Full-time | 34 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | |||||
| Part-time | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Unemployed | 51 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | |||||
| Cancer stage | ||||||||||
| 0 | 14 | – | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| I | 39 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| II | 41 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 11 | |||||
| III | 5 | – | 3 | 2 | – | |||||
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Measured on a scale of one to four, with one being poor and four being excellent