Table 1.
Description of the study subjects at Baseline1
| Demographic variables | PS (n=122) | Usual Care (n=116) | PS vs Usual Care |
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| N (%) | N (%) | Χ2 (df), p | |
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| Race | |||
| African-American non-Hispanic | 32 (26%) | 12 (10%) | 9.71(4), 0.0462 |
| White non-Hispanic | 61 (50%) | 68 (59%) | |
| Biracial non-Hispanic | 8 (7%) | 10 (9%) | |
| African-American Hispanic | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | |
| White Hispanic | 15 (12%) | 19 (16%) | |
| No Race/ethnicity information | 5 (4%) | 6 (5%) | |
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| Hispanic | 16 (13%) | 20 (17%) | 0.79 (1), .374 |
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| Male | 110 (90%) | 100 (87%) | 0.60 (1), .437 |
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| Education | |||
| <=HS | 42 (36%) | 36 (34%) | 0.91 (2), .634 |
| Some post high school training | 61 (57%) | 60 (52%) | |
| College degree or more | 14 (9%) | 9 (9%) | |
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| Current Marital Status | |||
| Never Married | 49 (42%) | 39 (37%) | 0.97(2), .616 |
| Currently Married (includes those with previous divorces & current partners) | 24 (21%) | 27 (26%) | |
| Divorced or separated | 44 (38%) | 39 (37%) | |
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| Lives Alone | 102 (87%) | 88 (84%) | 0.51 (1), .475 |
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| Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | t-test (df), p | |
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| Age | 54.59 (9.19) | 51.89 (11.13) | 2.05 (236), p=.042 |
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| Age first meds | 26.89 (8.04) | 29.49 (10.28) | 2.09 (215), p=.004 |
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| Age first hospitalization | 27.00 (8.65) | 30.20 (10.76) | 2.40(211), p=.017 |
1
Since only 4 people reported being employed (2 in each condition), it was too few to include in the table.
2
This significant difference is due to the over representation of African-American subjects in the PS group. With African-American subjects excluded, Χ2 (df), p = 0.44(3), p=0.98.