Table 2.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics at the first questionnaire according to trial arm.
| Patient characteristics | SCP care (n=119) | Usual care (n=102) | P a | Total (N=221) | |||||
| Age at time of survey, mean (SD) | 67.4 (9.1) | 67.8 (8.9) | .71 | 67.6 (9.0) | |||||
| Months since diagnosis, mean (SD) | 2.6 (1.7) | 1.8 (1.2) | <.001 | 2.1 (1.5) | |||||
| Months since diagnosis, n (%) | |||||||||
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<1 | 12 (10.1) | 24 (23.5) |
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36 (16.3) | ||||
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1-2 | 40 (33.6) | 46 (45.0) |
|
86 (38.9) | ||||
|
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2-3 | 33 (27.7) | 20 (19.6) |
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53 (24.0) | ||||
|
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>3 | 34 (28.6) | 12 (11.8) |
|
46 (20.8) | ||||
| Comorbidity, n (%) |
|
|
.41 |
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None | 19 (16.0) | 18 (17.6) |
|
37 (16.7) | ||||
|
|
1 | 32 (26.9) | 20 (19.6) |
|
52 (23.5) | ||||
|
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≥2 | 64 (53.8) | 62 (60.8) |
|
126 (57.0) | ||||
| Marital status, b n (%) |
|
|
.74 |
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Partner | 85 (71.4) | 76 (74.5) |
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161 (72.9) | ||||
|
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No partner | 31 (26.1) | 25 (24.5) |
|
56 (25.3) | ||||
| Educational level,cn (%) | .09 |
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High | 17 (14.3) | 7 (6.9) |
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24 (10.9) | ||||
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Intermediate | 71 (59.7) | 72 (70.6) |
|
143 (64.7) | ||||
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Low | 30 (25.2) | 19 (18.6) |
|
49 (22.2) | ||||
| Employed, n (%) |
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|
.40 |
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Yes | 22 (18.5) | 15 (14.7) |
|
37 (16.7) | ||||
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No | 85 (71.4) | 79 (77.5) |
|
164 (74.2) | ||||
| Disease-related Internet use, n (%) | .57 |
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Yes | 41 (34.5) | 39 (38.2) |
|
80 (36.2) | ||||
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No | 76 (63.9) | 60 (58.8) |
|
136 (61.5) | ||||
aP values report comparisons between the intervention arm and the usual care arm, according to t tests and chi-square tests.
bMarital status: partner=married/living together, no partner=divorced/widowed/never married.
cEducational level: low=no/primary school, intermediate=lower general secondary education/vocational training, high=preuniversity education/ high vocational training/university.