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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Ther. 2016 Apr 1;38(4):794–810. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2016.03.012

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants

Concept
Elicitation
Interviews
N=51
Wave 1:
Cognitive
Interviews
N=4
Waves 2 and 3:
Cognitive Interviews
+ ePRO Assessment
N=16
Age in Years: - Mean (standard deviation) 64.9 (11.2) 68.0 (13.3) 64.8 (10.8)
- Median 66 68 64.5
- Range 46–86 56–80 44–83
Gender: - Male 25 (49.0%) 1 (25.0%) 11 (68.8%)
- Female 26 (51.0%) 3 (75.0%) 5 (31.3%)
Marital status: - Married or Living with Partner 34 (66.7%) 1 (25.0%) 11 (68.8%)
- Widowed 5 (9.8%) 2 (50.0%) 2 (12.5%)
- Separated 1 (2.0%) --- 1 (6.3%)
- Divorced 7 (13.7%) 1 (25.0%) 1 (6.3%)
- Never Married 4 (7.8%) --- 1 (6.3%)
Highest Level of
Education
Completed:
- Less than High School 3 (5.9%) 1 (25.0%) ---
- High School 25 (49.0%) 3 (75.0%) 10 (62.5%)
- Some College 13 (25.5%) --- 6 (37.5%)
- Bachelor’s Degree 3 (5.9%) --- ---
- Graduate or Professional School 7 (13.7%) --- ---
Employment
outside home:
- Not Employed Outside Home 4 (7.8%) --- 2 (12.5%)
- Employed for Wages (Full or Part
time)
9 (17.6%) 1 (25.0%) 3 (18.8%)
- Self-Employed 5 (9.8%) --- ---
- Retired 21 (41.2%) 2 (50.0%) 8 (50.0%)
- Unable to work 12 (23.5%) 1 (25.0%) 2 (12.5%)
- Missing / Declined to Answer --- --- 1 (6.3%)
Ethnicity: - Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Origin 5 (9.8%) --- 1 (6.3%)
- Not Hispanic or Latino 46 (90.2%) 4 (100%) 15 (93.8%)
Race: - Asian 2 (3.9%) --- ---
- Black/African American 8 (15.7%) 2 (50.0%) 3 (18.8%)
- White 38 (74.5%) 2 (50.0%) 12 (75.0%)
- Other 3 (5.9%) 1 (6.3%)
Household income: - Under $4,999 2 (3.9%) 1 (25.0%) ---
- $5,000 – $9,999 2 (3.9%) 1 (25.0%) 1 (6.3%)
- $10,000 – $14,999 3 (5.9%) 1 (25.0%) 1 (6.3%)
- $15,000 – $24,999 10 (19.6%) --- 1 (6.3%)
- $25,000 – $34,999 8 (15.7%) --- 3 (18.8%)
- $35,000 – $49,999 8 (15.7%) 1 (25.0%) 4 (25.0%)
- $50,000 – $74,999 6 (11.8%) --- 4 (25.0%)
- $75,000 and Over 11 (21.6%) --- 2 (12.5%)
- Missing / Declined to Answer 1 (2.0%) --- ---
Stage at initial
NSCLC diagnosis
- Stage I 6 (11.8%) --- ---
- Stage II 1 (2.0%) --- ---
- Stage III 25 (49.0%) 2 (50.0%) 8 (50.0%)
- Stage IV 19 (37.3%) 2 (50.0%) 8 (50.0%)
Histological
Subtype of NSCLC
- No histological evidence in record 1 (2.0%) --- 1 (6.3%)
- Adenocarcinoma 36 (70.6%) 1 (25.0%) 5 (31.3%)
- Squamous cell carcinoma 13 (25.5%) 3 (75.0%) 9 (56.3%)
- Adenocarcinoma & Squamous cell
carcinoma
1 (2.0%) --- 1 (6.3%)
Current stage of
NSCLC
- Stage I 6 (11.8%) --- 1 (6.3%)
- Stage II --- --- ---
- Stage III 19 (37.3%) 2 (50.0%) 7 (43.8%)
- Stage IV 26 (51.0%) 2 (50.0%) 8 (50.0%)
- Early-stage (treatment naïve) 19 (37.3%) 1 (25.0%) 3 (18.8%)
Current line of
NSCLC treatment
- 1st-line advanced/metastatic 18 (35.3%) 2 (50.0%) 5 (31.3%)
- 2nd- line advanced/metastatic 9 (17.6%) 1 (25.0%) 3 (18.8%)
- 3rd-line advanced/metastatic 3 (5.9%) --- 3 (18.8%)
- Other (e.g., observation, subsequent) 2 (3.9%) --- 2 (12.5%)
Current ECOG
performance status
- ECOG=0 17 (33.3%) 2 (50.0%) 5 (31.3%)
- ECOG=1 24 (47.1%) --- 11 (68.8%)
- ECOG=2 10 (19.6%) 2 (50.0%) ---
- ECOG=3 --- --- ---
- ECOG=4 --- --- ---
Patient smoking
history
- Never a regular smoker 8 (15.7%) --- 3 (18.8%)
- Current smoker 7 (13.7%) 1 (25.0%) 2 (12.5%)
- Former smoker 36 (70.6%) 3 (75.0%) 10 (62.5%)
- Missing/Unknown --- --- 1 (6.3%)
Number of Pack
Years Smoked?
(Current / Former
Smokers only)
- Mean (standard deviation) 32.5 (22.0) 130.0 (156.8) 35.5 (13.1)
- Median 35.0 65.0 30.0
- Range 0–90 30–360 20–56
Indicator of
Comorbid COPD in
Medical Record
- Yes 18 (35.3%) 3 (75.0%) 2 (12.5%)
- No 38 (64.7%) 1 (25.0%) 14 (87.5%)