Table 2.
Patient advocate and oncology practitioner cohorts participating in acceptability testing
| Sample Characteristic | Patient Advocate Cohort n (%); N=57 |
Practitioner Cohort n (%); N=25 |
|---|---|---|
| Advocacy Perspective | ||
| Cancer patient/survivor | 26 (46) | – |
| Caregiver | 7 (12) | – |
| Both patient and caregiver | 7 (12) | – |
| Neither patient nor caregiver | 16 (28) | – |
| Colorectal cancer primary focus of advocacy work | ||
| Yes | 12 (21) | – |
| No | 45 (79) | – |
| Prior chemotherapy receipt (advocate, or patient for whom the advocate served as caregiver) | ||
| Yes | 35 (61) | – |
| Advanced cancer diagnosis (advocate, or patient for whom the advocate served as caregiver) | ||
| Yes | 28 (49) | – |
| Professional Role | ||
| Medical oncologist | – | 22 (88) |
| Medical oncology mid-level provider | – | 3 (12) |
| Practice Site | ||
| Academic medical center | – | 22 (88) |
| Community practice | – | 3 (12) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 6 (11) | 14 (56) |
| Female | 34 (60) | 11 (44) |
| Age | ||
| ≤39 | 7 (12) | 14 (56) |
| 40–49 | 7 (12) | 4 (16) |
| 50–59 | 13 (26) | 6 (24) |
| 60–69 | 9 (16) | 1 (4) |
| ≥70 | 4 (7) | 0 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| White | 35 (61) | 21 (84) |
| Black | 6 (11) | 1 (4) |
| Asian/other | 1 (2) | 3 (12) |
| Hispanic | 2 (4) | 1 (4) |
| Education | ||
| High school or some college | 2 (4) | – |
| College graduate | 18 (32) | – |
| Graduate or professional degree | 22 (39) | – |
Colum percentages may not add to 100% due to missing data