Table 1. Sample Characteristics by Baseline Subgroup.
Characteristic | Total sample | 1 Low Symptom Burden | 2 Mild Fatigue | 3 Mild Fatigue & Mild Pain | 4 Moderate Fatigue & Moderate Pain | 5 Moderate Fatigue & Moderate Psych | 6 Moderate Fatigue, Mild Pain & Psych | 7 High Symptom Burden | Overall p-value |
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n = 653 | n = 82 | n = 161 | n = 50 | n = 49 | n = 87 | n = 120 | n = 104 | ||
Age, years; mean (SD) | 54.9 (12.6) | 62.7 (11.3) | 53.8 (11.3) | 62.8 (12.8) | 58.5 (14.3) | 50.3 (11.6) | 53.8 (12.4) | 50.4 (10.8) | <0.001 |
Race (%) | 0.097 | ||||||||
White | 89.6 | 92.7 | 91.3 | 94.0 | 83.7 | 88.5 | 92.5 | 82.7 | |
Non-white | 10.4 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 16.3 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 17.3 | |
Education (%) | 0.19 | ||||||||
High school or less | 12.6 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 18.0 | 22.5 | 9.2 | 12.5 | 14.4 | |
> High school | 87.4 | 89.0 | 90.7 | 82.0 | 77.6 | 90.8 | 87.5 | 85.6 | |
Partner status (%) | 0.526 | ||||||||
Married/partnered | 71.7 | 65.9 | 69.6 | 74.0 | 75.5 | 71.3 | 78.3 | 69.2 | |
Not partnered | 28.3 | 34.2 | 30.4 | 26.0 | 24.5 | 28.7 | 21.7 | 33.7 | |
Difficulty paying for basics (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
Yes | 18.5 | 8.5 | 10.6 | 18.0 | 14.3 | 28.7 | 17.5 | 33.7 | |
No | 81.5 | 91.5 | 89.4 | 82.0 | 85.7 | 71.3 | 82.5 | 66.4 | |
Cancer stage (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
Stage I | 51.8 | 73.2 | 59.0 | 50.0 | 55.1 | 56.3 | 50.0 | 21.2 | |
Stage II | 40.1 | 19.5 | 32.3 | 42.0 | 36.7 | 37.9 | 43.3 | 67.3 | |
Stage III | 8.1 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 11.5 | |
Chemotherapy (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
Yes (active treatment) | 46.6 | 22.0 | 46.0 | 32.0 | 34.7 | 50.6 | 55.8 | 65.4 | |
Yes (post treatment) | 13.2 | 7.3 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 9.2 | 14.2 | 15.4 | |
No | 40.3 | 70.7 | 39.8 | 52.0 | 49.0 | 40.2 | 30.0 | 19.2 | |
Radiation (%) | 0.17 | ||||||||
Yes (active treatment) | 8.1 | 15.9 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 5.8 | |
Yes (post treatment) | 17.0 | 32.9 | 14.9 | 28.0 | 22.5 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 6.7 | |
No | 74.9 | 51.2 | 77.6 | 62.0 | 73.5 | 78.2 | 80.0 | 87.5 | |
Mastectomy (%) | 36.3 | 15.9 | 42.2 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 32.2 | 39.2 | 52.9 | <0.001 |
Illness intrusiveness, mean (SD) | 34.7 (16.9) | 18.3 (8.1) | 28.9 (13.2) | 25.5 (10.4) | 31.1 (14.5) | 43.2 (15.9) | 39.6 (15.2) | 49.6 (14.8) | <0.001 |
Social support, mean (SD) | 4.3 (0.7) | 4.5 (0.6) | 4.4 (0.6) | 4.3 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.7) | 4.2 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.7) | 4.0 (0.8) | <0.001 |