Table 1.

Characteristics of long-term RC survivors, prevalence of depression within the last 30 days, and perceived financial burden mean scores

Characteristics	All		Depressed in the past 30 Days± (N=554)	Perceived Financial Burden Scores+ (N=506)
	N	%	%	Mean (SD)
All	576		24.7	1.99 (2.78)
Surgery Treatment
Permanent Ostomy	183	31.7	31.2	2.56 (3.01)2
Temporary Ostomy	66	11.5	20.0	2.28 (2.74)
Anastomosis	327	56.7	22.2	1.63 (2.62)
Recall of depression after surgeryǂ
Yes	203	36.1	38.53	3.22 (3.34)3
No	360	63.9	17.0	1.35 (2.18)
Gender
Male	341	59.0	20.72	2.04 (2.75)
Female	235	41.0	30.5	1.94 (2.86)
Race
White	454	82.7	24.0	1.87 (2.64)
African American	19	3.5	42.1	3.25 (3.68)
Asian	45	8.2	23.1	2.64 (3.42)
Other races	31	5.6	17.2	2.65 (3.51)
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	518	93.5	23.6	1.99 (2.76)
Hispanic	36	6.5	28.6	1.72 (2.96)
Educational Level
High school or less	158	30.2	32.92	2.41 (3.06)1
Some college or vocational training	167	31.9	27.3	2.13 (2.88)
College grad or higher	198	37.9	16.0	1.59 (2.39)
Time since diagnosis
5–8 years	129	22.6	30.0	2.38 (3.00)
8–12 years	171	30.0	22.8	2.11 (2.83)
12–17 years	132	23.1	23.4	1.47 (2.35)
>17 years	139	24.3	22.6	1.93 (2.78)
Household Income
≤$30,000	160	30.3	33.52	3.11 (3.34)3
$30,001–$75,000	231	43.8	19.4	1.76 (2.56)
>$75,000	137	25.9	21.8	1.13 (1.94)
Employment
Full time or part time	162	28.5	27.51	2.09 (2.83)3
Retired and not working	377	66.4	21.6	1.69 (2.55)
Unemployed	14	2.4	50.0	5.27 (3.77)
On disability or other	15	2.6	46.7	5.33 (3.06)

^±Based on SF-12v2 MCS ≤45.6.

⁺Perceived financial burden related to the disease and treatment – on the scale question on mCOH-QOL, 0=none, 10=severe.

^ǂBased on a question, ‘were you depressed after having your ostomy [operation]?’ Chi-squared test, Student’s t test, or ANOVA overall F-test:

¹p<0.05,

²p<0.01,

³p<0.001