Table 1.
Demographic and Medical Characteristics of Study Sample
| Patients | Caregivers | r | t or χ2 | df | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||
| M (SD) or N (%) | |||||
| Age | 62.07 (12.07) | 55.87 (13.33) | .27* | 3.65 | 80 |
| Gender (female) | 29 (31.5) | 74 (80.4) | −.43*** | 44.66*** | 1 |
| Education | .24* | 0.63 | 2 | ||
| High school degree or less | 32 (34.8) | 27 (29.3) | |||
| Vocational or Some college | 26 (28.3) | 28 (30.4) | |||
| College or greater | 34 (36.9) | 37 (40.2) | |||
| Household Income | .32** | 5.37 | 3 | ||
| < $20,000 | 17 (18.5) | 11 (12.0) | |||
| $20,000 ~ $39,999 | 23 (25.0) | 17 (18.5) | |||
| ≥ $40,000 | 40 (43.5) | 47 (51.0) | |||
| Prefer not to answer | 12 (13.1) | 17 (18.5) | |||
| Ethnicity | .88*** | 0.26 | 2 | ||
| African American | 39 (42.4) | 38 (41.3) | |||
| Caucasian | 46 (50.0) | 49 (53.3) | |||
| Other | 7 (7.6) | 5 (5.5) | |||
| Relationship to Patient | |||||
| Spouse/Partner | - | 48 (52.2) | |||
| Child/Child-in-law | - | 18 (19.6) | |||
| Other | - | 26 (28.2) | |||
| Days Since Diagnosis at T1 | 55.29 (40.16) | ||||
| Stage of Cancer | |||||
| Localized | 42 (45.7) | – | |||
| Regional | 33 (35.9) | – | |||
| Distant | 12 (13.3) | – | |||
| Unstaged/Unknown | 5 (5.4) | ||||
| Cancer Diagnosis | |||||
| Colon | 62 (67.4) | – | |||
| Rectal | 24 (26.1) | – | |||
| Both | 3 (3.3) | – | |||
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001
Note. N for patients ranged 89 to 92; N for caregivers = 92.