Table 2.
General Characteristics among All Participants and by Study Group
| Characteristic | All participants (n=37) | Usual Education (n=17) | Usual Education Plus DVD (n=20) | P |
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 59.37 ± 12.96 | 60.41 ± 14.49 | 58.50 ± 11.81 | .66a |
| Gender (n (%)) | ||||
| Women | 24 (65) | 12 (71) | 12 (60) | .50b |
| Men | 13 (35) | 5 (29) | 8 (40) | |
| Education (n (%)) | ||||
| Less than high school | 9 (26) | 4 (25) | 5 (26) | >.99c |
| High school graduate | 7 (20) | 3 (19) | 4 (21) | |
| Some college | 10 (29) | 5 (31) | 5 (26) | |
| College graduate | 9 (26) | 4 (25) | 5 (16) | |
| Missing cases (n) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| English Proficiency (n (%)) | ||||
| Poor | 4 (15) | 1 (8) | 3 (20) | .35c |
| Fair | 6 (22) | 3 (25) | 3 (20) | |
| Good | 7 (26) | 5 (42) | 2 (13) | |
| Excellent | 10 (37) | 3 (25) | 7 (47) | |
| Missing cases (n) | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| Immigrant Generation (n (%)) | ||||
| First | 25 (76) | 8 (57) | 17 (89) | .081c |
| Second | 6 (18) | 4 (29) | 2 (11) | |
| Third | 2 (6) | 2 (14) | 0 (0) | |
| Missing cases (n) | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Cancer Diagnosis (n (%)) | ||||
| Melanoma | 1 (3) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | |
| Breast | 13 (35) | 7 (41) | 6 (30) | |
| Myelodysplastic syndrome | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | |
| Colon | 6 (16) | 2 (12) | 4 (20) | |
| Lung | 2 (5) | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | |
| Prostate | 2 (5) | 1 (6) | 1 (5) | |
| Pancreas | 2 (5) | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | |
| Liver | 1 (3) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | |
| Myeloma | 3 (8) | 1 (6) | 2 (10) | |
| Gastrointestinal stromal tumor | 1 (3) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | |
| Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | 1 (3) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | |
| Testicular | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | |
| Lymphoma | 1 (3) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | |
| Chronic myeloid leukemia | 2 (5) | 1 (6) | 1 (5) | |
SD=standard deviation
a
Independent t-test conducted to determine differences between study groups
b
Chi-square test conducted to determine differences between study groups
c
Fisher's exact test conducted to determine differences between study group