Table 1.
Patient characteristics and odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of sociodemographic characteristics predicting missed appointments in a sample of Latino and Black (African-American, Afro-Caribbean and/or African Immigrant) cancer patients (n=1098)
| Latinos (n=581) | Blacks (n=517) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missed Appointments | Missed Appointments | |||||||
| n | (%) | OR | CI | n | (%) | OR | CI | |
| Age1 | 54 | (13.03) | .99 | (.96-1.10) | 57 | (12.42) | .99 | (.97-1.01) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 355 | (61) | 1.00 | 323 | (63) | 1.00 | ||
| Male | 226 | (39) | .97 | (.51-1.86) | 194 | (37) | .86 | (.52-1.42) |
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Married/Partnered | 219 | (38) | 1.00 | 150 | (30) | 1.00 | ||
| Unmmaried1 | 357 | (62) | 2.34 | (1.10-4.99)* | 341 | (70) | 1.48 | (.83-2.66) |
| Education | ||||||||
| High School or more | 234 | (42) | 1.00 | 338 | (67) | 1.00 | ||
| None to 5th grade | 103 | (19) | .63 | (.25-1.61) | 25 | (5) | .0 | (0) |
| 6th to 11th grade | 218 | (39) | .70 | (.35-1.42) | 144 | (28) | 1.11 | (.66-1.90) |
| Monthly Income | ||||||||
| More than $900 | 86 | (15) | 1.00 | 129 | (27) | 1.00 | ||
| $0 | 252 | (44) | .90 | (.31-2.57) | 176 | (36) | .44 | (.20-.95)* |
| $1-$900 | 233 | (41) | 1.59 | (.58-4.34) | 178 | (37) | 1.52 | (.82-2.83) |
| Employment | ||||||||
| Employed | 61 | (11) | 1.00 | 5 | (10) | 1.00 | ||
| Unemployed | 391 | (69) | .78 | (.33-1.84) | 306 | (63) | 2.01 | (.77-5.30) |
| Retired | 116 | (20) | .07 | (.01-.56)** | 129 | (27) | .94 | (.32-2.73) |
| Insurance Status | ||||||||
| Other insurance2 | 310 | (64) | 1.00 | 335 | (66) | 1.00 | ||
| Uninsured | 73 | (15) | .69 | (.23-2.07) | 86 | (17) | .83 | (.44-1.58) |
| Emergency Medicaid | 102 | (21) | .63 | (.23-1.69) | 89 | (17) | .10 | (.02-.42)** |
| Cancer Diagnosis | ||||||||
| Breast | 230 | (40) | 1.28 | (.68-2.42) | 176 | (34) | 1.27 | (.77-2.09) |
| Gastro-Intestinal | 106 | (18) | 1.05 | (.47-2.35) | 78 | (15) | .80 | (.39-1.63) |
| Prostate | 70 | (12) | .35 | (.08-1.48) | 101 | (20) | .73 | (.38-1.40) |
| Gynecological | 31 | (5) | 2.11 | (.70-6.37) | 36 | (7) | 1.14 | (.46-2.83) |
| Stage | ||||||||
| I or II | 114 | (50) | 1.00 | 80 | (41) | 1.00 | ||
| III or IV | 115 | (50) | 1.65 | (.68-3.99) | 114 | (59) | .92 | (.43-1.96) |
| Years since Diagnosis3 | .76 | (1.36) | 1.17 | (1.00-1.37)* | .86 | (1.50) | 1.00 | (.97-1.04) |
| Cancer | ||||||||
| Recurrence | 105 | (19) | 2.12 | (1.06-4.23)* | 86 | (18) | 1.30 | (.70-2.45) |
| Metastatic | 93 | (29) | 2.08 | (1.00-4.39)* | 87 | (31) | 1.02 | (.53-1.96) |
| Birth Region | ||||||||
| USA | 43 | (7) | 2.20 | (.87-5.56) | 199 | (39) | 2.44 | (1.49-3.98)*** |
| Dominican Republic | 180 | (31) | 1.10 | (.57-2.15) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Puerto Rico | 129 | (22) | 1.12 | (.53-2.34) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Mexico | 71 | (12) | .17 | (.02)1.24 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ecuador | 55 | (10) | .22 | (.03)1.65 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Caribbean | -- | -- | -- | -- | 254 | (49) | .38 | (.23-.64)*** |
| Africa | -- | -- | -- | -- | 62 | (12) | 1.23 | (.61-2.48) |
| Language Preferred | ||||||||
| Other4 | 420 | (73) | 1.00 | 20 | (5) | 1.00 | ||
| English | 159 | (27) | 2.36 | (1.25-4.46)** | 385 | (95) | .63 | (.25-1.61) |
| English Proficiency | ||||||||
| None | 202 | (39) | 1.00 | 8 | (2) | 1.00 | ||
| Limited | 200 | (38) | .34 | (.13-.86)* | 30 | (6) | .79 | (.10-6.50) |
| Well/Fluent | 118 | (23) | .50 | (.24-1.06) | 445 | (92) | .55 | (.07-4.37) |
| Years in Mainland | ||||||||
| > 20 years | 259 | (50) | 1.00 | 98 | (34) | 1.00 | ||
| < 5 years | 98 | (19) | .82 | (.32-2.11) | 102 | (35) | .33 | (.11-.97) |
| 6-20 years | 163 | (31) | .72 | (.32-1.67) | 91 | (31) | 1.18 | (.52-2.72) |
Note.
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001
1
Single, divorced, separated, widowed
2
Other included Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurances
3
Time since diagnosis in years
4
Other languages included Spanish French/Creole or Portuguese