Table 1.
Baseline Participant Characteristicsa
| Patients (N = 30) | Caregivers (N = 30) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 63 (11) | 62 (12) |
| Male | 15 (50) | 14 (47) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Caucasian | 29 (100) | 29 (97) |
| Decline to answer | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
| Religion | ||
| Roman Catholic | 12 (40) | 13 (43) |
| Protestant and other Christian | 12 (40) | 14 (47) |
| Jewish | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
| Agnostic/atheist/no religion | 2 (7) | 1 (3) |
| Decline to answer | 3 (10) | 1 (3) |
| Importance of religion | ||
| Very important | 14 (47) | 14 (47) |
| Fairly important | 9 (30) | 10 (33) |
| Not too important | 3 (10) | 5 (17) |
| Not at all important | 4 (13) | 1 (3) |
| Highest education completed | ||
| Less than high school | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
| High school or GED | 5 (17) | 11 (37) |
| Some college | 6 (20) | 8 (27) |
| Completed college | 4 (13) | 4 (13) |
| One or more years post-graduate | 14 (47) | 6 (20) |
| Marital status | ||
| Never married | 2 (7) | 1 (3) |
| Married | 24 (80) | 27 (90) |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 3 (10) | 1 (3) |
| Decline to answer | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
| Employment status | ||
| Working full time | 8 (27) | 11 (37) |
| Working part time | 0 (0) | 3 (10) |
| Unemployed | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Retired | 17 (57) | 14 (47) |
| Homemaker (never worked for pay) | 0 | 1 (3) |
| Other/decline to answer | 5 (17) | 1 (3) |
| Manage on current income | ||
| Cannot make ends meet | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Just manage to get by | 7 (23) | 6 (20) |
| Have enough money with a little extra | 12 (40) | 15 (50) |
| Money is not a problem | 8 (27) | 4 (13) |
| Decline to answer/no response | 3 (10) | 5 (17) |
| Disease stage | ||
| Metastatic | 12 (40) | — |
| Borderline or locally advanced | 18 (60) | — |
| ECOG performance status | ||
| 0 | 13 (43) | — |
| 1 | 15 (50) | — |
| 2 | 2 (7) | — |
| Relationship to patient | ||
| Spouse/partner | — | 24 (80) |
| Child | — | 2 (7) |
| Parent | — | 2 (7) |
| Sibling | — | 1 (3) |
| Other relative | — | 1 (3) |
| Lives with patient | — | 26 (87) |
a
All data N (%) except where indicated otherwise.
ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; SD, standard deviation; GED, General Education Development.