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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2017 Aug 31;101(2):285–294. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.08.017

Table 5.

Differences in the frequency of provision of the types of patient navigation services by disease for which navigation is provided.

Disease for Which Navigation is Provided Basic Navigation Making Arrangements and Referrals for Services Care Coordination Treatment Support Clinical Trials/Peer support
Provides navigation related to breast cancer
 Yes (n = 427) 3.26 (0.66) 1.79 (0.40) 2.01(0.53) 2.51 (0.66) 1.90 (0.62)
 No (n = 392) 3.12 (0.67) 1.79 (0.42) 1.85 (0.56) 2.42 (0.70) 1.76 (0.54)
p .003 .948 <.001 .055 <.001a
Provides navigation related to cervical cancer
 Yes (n = 226) 3.20 (0.66) 1.85 (0.40) 1.96 (0.54) 2.37 (0.68) 1.78 (0.60)
 No (n = 593) 3.19 (0.67) 1.77 (0.41) 1.92 (0.55) 2.50 (0.68) 1.86 (0.58)
p .758 .018 .321 .011 .069
Provides navigation related to colorectal cancer
 Yes (n = 213) 3.18 (0.65) 1.82 (0.38) 1.95 (0.53) 2.36 (0.68) 1.80 (0.59)
 No (n = 606) 3.20 (0.67) 1.78 (0.42) 1.93 (0.56) 2.50 (0.68) 1.85 (0.58)
p .795 .277 .626 .009 .255
Provides navigation related to diabetes
 Yes (n = 152) 3.18 (0.68) 1.92 (0.44) 1.95 (0.57) 2.45 (0.67) 1.58 (0.51)
 No (n = 667) 3.19 (0.66) 1.76 (0.40) 1.93 (0.55) 2.47 (0.68) 1.90 (0.59)
p .798 <.001 .637 .838 <.001a
Provides navigation related to cardiovascular disease
 Yes (n = 136) 3.22 (0.65) 1.91(0.41) 1.93 (0.51) 2.47 (0.64) 1.57(0.48)
 No (n = 683) 3.19 (0.67) 1.77 (0.41) 1.93 (0.56) 2.46 (0.69) 1.89 (0.59)
p .583 <.001 .984 .960 <.001a
Provides navigation related to asthma
 Yes (n = 102) 3.26 (0.66) 1.99 (0.40) 1.95 (0.54) 2.52 (0.67) 1.58 (0.48)
 No (n = 717) 3.18 (0.66) 1.76 (0.40) 1.93 (0.55) 2.46 (0.68) 1.87 (0.59)
p .286 <.001 .734 .394 <.001a
Provides navigation related to HIV/AIDS
 Yes (n = 69) 3.13 (0.73) 1.94 (0.43) 1.93 (0.57) 2.49 (0.74) 1.71 (0.57)
 No (n = 750) 3.20 (0.66) 1.78 (0.41) 1.93 (0.55) 2.46 (0.68) 1.85 (0.59)
p .430 .002 .970 .713 .060

Note:

a

Levene’s test of homogeneity of variances significant, t test does not assume equal variances.