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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Sep 25;57(1):57–63.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.09.014

Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants (N=265)

N % (mean)
Patient age 265 64.3 (SD=11.4)
Gender
    Male 119 45
    Female 146 55
Race
    Non-white 30 11
    White 235 89
Patient education
    HS or less 73 28
    Some college or more 192 72
Income
    $50,000 or less 123 54
    $Over $50,000 106 46
Relationship status
    Committed/Married 176 66
    Separated/Widowed/Never 89 34
    Married
Patient religion
    Christianity 191 72
    Other/ No Religion 74 28
Cancer typea
    Aggressive 133 50
    Non-aggressive 132 50
Location
    Sacramento, California 94 35
    Rochester, New York 171 65
a

Aggressive tumors were prospectively determined by two oncologists and included lung, GI cancers (except colon), and GU cancers (except prostate) while less aggressive cancers included breast, prostate and colon