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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oncol Nurs Forum. 2017 Nov 1;44(6):739–750. doi: 10.1188/17.ONF.739-750

TABLE 6.

Tests of Difference in Means and Associations Among Categories for Antecedents and Outcomes of Disturbed Sleep Class Membership

Mild Decreasing (N = 139)
Moderate Increasing (N = 25)
Characteristic
X¯
SD
X¯
SD Omnibus Test
Cycle 2

Age (years) 53.06 10.63 52.03 11.54 t(159) = 0.19, p = 0.66
Hours spent lying down 10.66 2.59 9.87 3.88 t(28.1) = 0.98, p = 0.33
Days missed work (n = 20) 2.44 1.93 2.5   1.29 t(18) = 0.00, p = 0.95

Characteristic n % n % Omnibus Test

Education χ2 = 1.08, p = 0.94
 Less than high school 6   4   –   –  
 High school 26   19   4   16  
 Undergraduate 85   61   18   72  
 Postgraduate 18   13   3   12  
 Unknown 4   3   –   –  
Marital status χ2 = 1.01, p = 0.61
 Married 104   75   17   68  
 Not married 33   24   8   32  
 Unknown 2   1   –   –  
Employment χ2 = 0.87, p = 0.64
 Employed 48   35   11   44  
 Not employed 88   63   14   56  
 Unknown 3   2   –   –  
Stage χ2 = 3.8, p = 0.4  
 I 14   10   6   24  
 II 57   41   10   40  
 III 33   24   4   16  
 IV 31   22   5   20  
 Unknown 4   3   –   –  
Doxorubicin χ 2 = 0.22, p = 0.66
 Yes 68   49   14   56  
 No 60   43   10   40  
 Unknown 11   8   1   4  
Taxane χ2 = 0.25, p = 0.65
 Yes 44   32   7   28  
 No 84   60   17   68  
 nknown 11   8   1   4  

Mild Decreasing (N = 137)
Mild Increasing (N = 18)
Characteristic
X¯
SD
X¯
SD Omnibus Test

Cycle 3

Age (years) 52.79 10.95 52.7   9.18 t(150) = 0.00, p = 0.97
Hours spent lying down 10.69 2.74 9.65 3.23 t(150) = 1.48, p = 0.14
Days missed work (n = 27) 1.5   1.71 1.6   1.52 t(25) = 0.01, p = 0.91

Characteristic n % n % Omnibus Test

Education χ2 = 2.31, p = 0.62
 Less than high school 5   4   1   6  
 High school 26   19   2   11  
 Undergraduate 86   63   12   66  
 Postgraduate 17   12   2   11  
 Unknown 3   2   1   6  
Marital status χ2 = 2.25, p = 0.41
 Married 103   75   11   61  
 Not married 32   24   7   39  
 Unknown 2   1   –   –  
Employment χ2 = 0.29, p = 1.00
 Employed 53   39   7   39  
 Not employed 82   60   11   61  
 Unknown 2   1   –   –  
Stage χ2 = 1.83, p = 0.77
 I 17   13   2   11  
 II 58   42   7   39  
 III 32   23   3   17  
 IV 27   20   6   33  
 Unknown 3   2   –   –  
Doxorubicin χ2 = 0.18, p = 0.67
 Yes 72   53   10   56  
 No 63   46   7   39  
 Unknown 2   1   1   5  
Taxane χ2 = 0.5, p = 0.59
 Yes 44   33   7   39  
 No 91   66   10   56  
 Unknown 2   1   1   5