TABLE 1.

Descriptive Table

	n	Mean	SD	Range
Age at Focus Group	32	48.6	12.7	29–74
Age at BRCA test	27	43.1	12.9	23–72
Age at mother’s death	16	32.1	12.5	3–48
FACT-G	31	87.0	17.1	37–106
Perceived stress	31	16.5	7.1	2–32
Emotional distress-total	32	32.1	11.0	15–56
Bereavement total score	17	19.4	10.2	3–43
	n	%
Personal history of cancer
Yes	6	19
No	26	81
Mother deceased
Yes	17	53
No	15	47
Prophylactic BSO
Yes	21	66
No	11	34
Prophylactic mastectomy
Yes	6	19
No	26	81
Ethnicity
Caucasian	28	88
African-American	1	3
Latina	3	9
Education
High School/some college	6	19
College graduate	8	26
Graduate/professional	17	55
Income
<$50 K	4	14
$50 K–$100 K	7	24
$100 K–$150 K	7	24
>$150 K	11	38
Marital status
Single	8	26
Married	17	55
Divorced	4	13
Widowed	2	6

BRCA = breast cancer; FACT-G = Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General; BSO = bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.