Table 1.
Differences in Demographic Characteristics Between Cancer Survivors With (n=85) and Without (n=110) Chemotherapy-Induced Neurotoxicity*
| Characteristic | No Neurotoxicity 56.4% (n=110) |
Neurotoxicity 43.6% (n=85) |
Test, p-value |
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| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
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| Age (years) | 57.3 (11.9) | 62.5 (9.8) | t = −3.34, p = .001 |
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| Education (years) | 16.6 (2.5) | 15.9 (2.5) | t = 1.91, p = .057 |
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| % (n) | % (n) | ||
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| Female | 86.4 (95) | 75.3 (64) | FE, p = .062 |
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| Married/partnered | 65.7 (71) | 62.2 (51) | FE, p = .649 |
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| Lives alone | 27.5 (30) | 28.6 (24) | FE, p = .873 |
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| Employed | 57.3 (63) | 36.5 (31) | FE, p = .006 |
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| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 87.3 (96) | 77.6 (66) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 5.5 (6) | 4.7 (4) | χ2 = 5.16, p = .161 |
| Black | 3.6 (4) | 7.1 (6) | |
| Hispanic/Mixed/Other | 3.6 (4) | 10.6 (9) | |
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| Annual household income | |||
| <$30,000 | 8.7 (9) | 33.3 (27) | |
| $30,000 – $69,999 | 20.4 (21) | 23.5 (19) | U, p <.001 |
| $70,000 – $99,999 | 20.4 (21) | 11.1 (9) | |
| >$100,000 | 50.5 (52) | 32.1 (26) | |
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| Child care responsibilities | 24.1 (26) | 6.0 (5) | FE, p = .001 |
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| Adult care responsibilities | 3.8 (4) | 0.0 (0) | FE, p = .141 |
*
Chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity = chemotherapy-induced neuropathy and hearing loss and tinnitus
Abbreviations: FE = Fisher’s Exact test, U = Mann-Whitney U test, SD = standard deviation