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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Dec 29;53(4):703–710. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.10.366

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
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