Table.
Baseline Demographic, Tobacco, and Lung Screening Characteristics
|
Usual Care (N = 46) |
Telephone Counseling (N = 46) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Demographic Characteristics | ||
| Site | ||
| Georgetown University Med Ctr | 7 (15.2%) | 7 (15.2%) |
| Lahey Hospital and Med Ctr | 33 (71.7%) | 35 (76.1%) |
| Hackensack University Med Ctr | 6 (13.0%) | 4 (8.7%) |
| Gender | ||
| Female (N, %) | 27 (58.7%) | 25 (54.3%) |
| Age (Mean, SD) | 60.1 (5.7) | 60.4 (5.1) |
| Median (Range) | 59.5 (50–70) | 60.0 (51–73) |
| Marital Status | ||
| Married/Marriage-like relationship (N, %) | 20 (43.5%) | 19 (41.3%) |
| Race | ||
| White | 43 (93.5%) | 43 (93.5%) |
| African-American | 3 (6.5%) | 2 (4.3%) |
| Native American | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.2%) |
| Education | ||
| ≤ HS graduate | 12 (26.1%) | 19 (41.3%) |
| Some college | 20 (43.5%) | 14 (30.4%) |
| ≥ College Grad | 14 (30.4%) | 13 (28.3%) |
| Employment | ||
| Not employed | 8 (17.4%) | 5 (10.9%) |
| Full-time/Part-time | 18 (39.1%) | 23 (50.0%) |
| Retired | 14 (30.4%) | 13 (28.3%) |
| Other (disability) | 6 (13.0%) | 5 (10.9%) |
| Tobacco-Related Comorbidities | ||
| 0 | 10 (21.7%) | 16 (34.8%) |
| 1 | 18 (39.1%) | 17 (37.0%) |
| 2+ | 18 (39.1%) | 13 (28.3%) |
| Health Insurance Status N (% Yes) | 46 (100%) | 45 (97.8%) |
| Personal History of Caa N (%Yes) | 12 (26.7%)b | 12 (26.7%)b |
| Family History of Lung Ca N (% Yes) | 16 (34.8%) | 20 (44.4%)b |
| Alcohol Use | ||
| Non-drinker | 15 (34.1%)c | 13 (28.9%)b |
| Monthly or less | 6 (13.6%) | 6 (13.3%) |
| 2–4 times a month | 7 (15.9%) | 7 (15.6%) |
| 2–3 times a week | 9 (20.5%) | 10 (22.2%) |
| 4+ times a week | 7 (15.9%) | 9 (20.0%) |
| Tobacco Use Characteristics | ||
| Pack Years (Mean, SD) | 50.3 (20.4) | 43.8 (23.7) |
| Median (Range) | 45.0 (26–100) | 40.0 (23–165) |
| Nicotine Dependenced,e (M, SD) | 4.6 (2.0) | 4.1 (1.9) |
| Cigarettes per Daye | ||
| ≤ 10 | 10 (22.7%) | 12 (27.9%) |
| 11–19 | 10 (22.7%) | 14 (32.6%) |
| 20 | 14 (31.8%) | 11 (25.6%) |
| ≥ 21 | 10 (22.7%) | 6 (14.0%) |
| Past 30 days–other tobacco products | ||
| Pipe, Tiparillos, Smokeless Tob.e | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Cigarse | 2 (4.5%) | 2 (4.7%) |
| Electronic Cigarettesf | 7 (17.1%) | 2 (4.8%) |
| Readiness to Quite | ||
| Not Ready to Quit | 22 (50.0%) | 25 (58.1%) |
| Ready to Quit-next 6 mos | 9 (20.5%) | 5 (11.6%) |
| Ready to Quit-next 30 days | 13 (29.5%) | 13 (30.2%) |
| Lung Screening Characteristics | ||
| Screening History (% Yes) | 22 (47.8%) | 18 (39.1%) |
| Screening Resultg | ||
| Normal | 21 (45.7%) | 24 (52.2%) |
| Minor abnormality/Not susp for LC | 16 (34.8%) | 13 (28.3%) |
| Suspicious for lung cancer | 9 (19.6%) | 9 (19.6%) |
a
Cancers: breast, skin, prostate, bladder, colorectal, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, kidney, thyroid, cervical, liver, testicular, throat;
b
Missing: N = 1
c
Missing: N = 2
d
Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence35
e
Missing N = 5
f
Missing N = 9
g
Screening result categories are based on the NLST categories, with categories 2 and 3 collapsed due to small sample sizes in the ‘minor abnormality’ group.