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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Mar 23;56(1):1–6.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.03.014

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics, N (%)

Variable 1 All patients (N=383) Women (N = 211) Men (N = 172)

Age
 ≥65 years 191 (49.9%) 91 (43.1%) 100 (58.1%)
 <65 years 192 (50.1%) 120 (56.9%) 72 (41.9%)

Education
High school or less 110 (28.7%) 58 (27.5%) 52 (30.2%)
Some college or more 273 (71.3%) 153 (72.5%) 120 (69.8%)

Race
 White 342 (89.3%) 191 (90.5%) 151 (87.8%)
 Non White 41 (10.7%) 20 (9.5%) 21 (12.2%)

Cancer aggressiveness
Aggressive cancer 189 (49.3%) 95 (45.0%) 94 (54.7%)
Less aggressive cancer 194 (50.7%) 116 (55.0%) 78 (45.3%)

Insurance status
Medicaid/Uninsured 49 (12.8%) 26 (12.3%) 23 (13.4%)
Medicare/Private insurance 334 (87.2%) 185 (87.7%) 149 (86.6%)

Financial Strain
Present 121 (31.6%) 74 (35.1%) 47 (27.3%)
Absent 262 (68.4%) 137 (64.9%) 125 (72.7%)

Caregiver enrolled
Yes 306 (79.9%) 165 (78.2%) 141 (82.0%)
No 77 (20.1%) 46 (21.8%) 31 (18.0%)

Study site
Sacramento, CA 136 (35.5%) 63 (29.9%) 73 (42.4%)
Western NY 247 (64.5%) 148 (70.1%) 99 (57.6%)