Table 2.
Demographic attributes and lifetime violence experience by partner interfering behaviors in cancer care (PIB‐C)
| All women with a recently diagnosed cancer and in a relationship at diagnosis: n = 2385 | Any PIB‐C (n = 349) | No PIB‐C (n = 2036) | test p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at diagnosis *(Mean ± SE) | 53.12 (0.58) | 55.94 (0.24) | t −4.53 <.0001 |
| Number of children** (Mean ± SE) | 2.09 (0.07) | 2.10 (0.03) | t −0.19 NS |
| PSB‐C score **, 1 | 3.53 (.06) | 4.52 (0.03) | t −15.12 <.0001 |
| χ2 df p value | |||
| Private Insurance (vs other including uninsured)** | 60.5% | 64.3% | 1.911 NS |
| Monthly income** | 30.25 5 <.0001 | ||
| <$1000 | 13.6% | 6.1% | |
| $1000–$1999 | 20.7% | 17.7% | |
| $2000–$2999 | 15.6% | 17.3% | |
| $3000–$3999 | 11.1% | 14.3% | |
| $4000–$4999 | 13.6% | 16.5% | |
| $5000+ | 25.3% | 28.2% | |
| Education level** | 19.53 4 <.0006 | ||
| < High school (HS) degree | 11.4% | 6.4% | |
| HS or graduation equivalency degree | 22.7% | 31.3% | |
| Some college or associates degree | 18.2% | 17.4% | |
| Bachelor degree | 13.4% | 14.5% | |
| Beyond a bachelor's degree | 34.4% | 30.4% | |
| Currently married** | 75.9% | 87.5% | 32.78 1 <.0001 |
| Current smoker** | 17.5% | 10.1% | 16.511 <.0001 |
| Appalachian county of residence (%) relative to non‐Appalachian* | 28.1% | 30.6% | 0.851 NS |
| North Carolina resident (vs Kentucky) | 25.8% | 23.9% | 0.61 1 NS |
| Diagnosed with breast cancer * | 58.7% | 61.1% | 0.68 1 NS |
| Stage at cancer diagnosis | 12.49 4 0.01 | ||
| 0 | 2.6% | 2.2% | |
| 1 | 52.7% | 62.6% | |
| 2 | 12.3% | 9.9% | |
| 3 | 22.6% | 17.4% | |
| 4 | 9.7% | 7.9% | |
| Number of comorbid conditions | 16.38 5 .006 | ||
| 0 | 25.7% | 20.8% | |
| 1 | 29.5% | 34.9% | |
| 2 | 22.3% | 26.0% | |
| 3 | 11.6% | 11.9% | |
| 4 | 6.9% | 3.9% | |
| 5 or more | 4.1% | 2.6% | |
| Lifetime IPV** | 69.6% | 29.6% | 208.311 <.0001 |
| Sexual** | 19.8% | 7.8% | 50.001 <.0001 |
| Physical ** | 39.3% | 19.5% | 66.931 <.0001 |
| Psychological** | 67.6% | 26.8% | 225.181 <.0001 |
| Current IPV**, 2 | 41.3% | 5.4% | 402.781 <.0001 |
| Sexual** | 5.0% | 0.8% | 29.331 <.0001 |
| Physical ** | 9.7% | 1.8% | 48.011 <.0001 |
| Psychological** | 40.4% | 4.8% | 416.121 <.0001 |
*
Cancer Registry's data.
**
Women's interview data.
1
PSB‐C (5 items; 1) partner gone with woman to doctor visits and appointments; 2) partner spend time with woman when she was in the hospital; 3) Partner was involved in woman's medical care; 4) Partner did something unexpected to make the woman ‘happy’; 5) Partner willingly made small sacrifices to assist in woman's care or recovery.
2
Current partner (at diagnosis) was perpetrator.