Table 1.

Description of sample characteristics of prostate cancer patients and partner caregiver pairs at baseline

Characteristic	Patients		Partner caregiver
Total	n=88	%	n=88	%
Age (years)
<65	44	50	60	68.2
65+	44	50	28	31.8
Median (range)	65 (47–81)		61.5 (34–80)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	71	83.5	69	78.4
Non-Hispanic black/Hispanic/Asian	14	16.5	19	21.6
Insurance
Medicare	31	36.5	n/a	n/a
Private (non-Medicare)	34	40	n/a	n/a
VA/military	16	18.8	n/a	n/a
Other/unknown	4	4.7	n/a	n/a
Employment
Full time/part time/self-employed	60	68.2	39	44.3
Retired/unemployed/unknown	28	31.8	49	55.7
Education
High school or less	7	8	10	11.4
Some college	19	21.6	27	30.7
College graduate	30	34.1	36	40.9
Graduate degree	29	33	15	17.1
Household income (US$/year)
<40,000	13	14.8	13	14.8
40,000–74,999	16	18.2	16	18.2
75,000+	55	62.5	55	62.5
“Time away from work” was important in treatment choice
Yes	8	9.4	1	1.2
No	77	90.6	86	98.8
Disease classification
Low risk	45	51.1	n/a	n/a
Moderate/high risk	43	48.9	n/a	n/a
Number of comorbidities
0	27	30.7	n/a	n/a
1	37	42.1	n/a	n/a
2+	24	27.2	n/a	n/a
Median (range)	1 (0–6)		n/a	n/a
Self-reported health at baseline
Excellent/very good	57	66.3	50	56.8
Good/fair/poor	29	33.7	38	43.2
Change in EPICa domain summary scores (12-month vs. baseline)
Urinary irritation function
No change/increase/mild decrease	74	90.2	n/a	n/a
Moderate/severe decrease	8	9.8	n/a	n/a
Urinary incontinent function
No change/increase/mild decrease	58	69.9	n/a	n/a
Moderate/severe decrease	25	30.1	n/a	n/a
Sexual
No change/increase/mild decrease	52	61.9	n/a	n/a
Moderate/severe decrease	32	38.1	n/a	n/a
Survey site
California	57	64.8	57	64.8
Texas	16	18.2	16	18.2
South Carolina	16	17.1	16	17.1
SF-12 component summary scales, mean (SD)
Physical component summary	52.8	8.2	51	10.1
Mental component summary	50.5	10.3	48	10

n/a not applicable

^aThe Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) score (Wei et al. 2000)