Table 1.

Participant characteristics, overall and by cancer stage^*

	Overall (n=212)		Non-metastatic (n=62)		Metastatic (n=150)		P value
Characteristic	n	Mean or%	n	Mean or %	n	Mean or %
Age, mean (SD)	209	46 (8)	60	45 (7)	149	46 (8)	0.8
Female gender	157	74	50	81	107	71	0.2
Caucasian	185	87	57	92	128	85	0.2
Married or partnered	178	84	55	89	123	83	0.3
College graduate	134	63	44	71	90	60	0.1
Employeda	114	54	46	75	68	45	< 0.0001
Annual household income >$50,000	150	71	50	86	100	68	0.01
Number of children ≤18, mean (SD)	210	2 (1)	61	2 (1)	149	2 (1)	0.7
Age of children ≤18, mean (SD)	210	11 (4)	61	10 (5)	149	12 (4)	0.02
Age of youngest child ≤ 18, mean (SD)	210	10 (5)	61	9 (5)	149	10 (5)	0.1
Location cancer care
care	63	30	0	0.0	63	42	< 0.0001
UNC	35	17	15	24	20	13
MGH	114	54	47	76	67	45
DFCI
Breast cancer	84	40	36	59	48	32	< 0.0001
Receiving anti-neoplastic treatment	180	85	51	82	129	86	0.5
CCI score, mean (SD)	210	5 (2)	62	2 (0)	149	6 (1)	< 0.0001
Duration of illness, months, mean (SD)	209	49 (135)	61	73 (238)	145	39 (42)	0.1
Prior mental health diagnosis or treatment	94	44	25	40	69	47	0.4
FACT-G PWB score, mean (SD)	199	12 (7)	59	9 (6)	140	13 (7)	< 0.0001

^*Based on means ±SD for continuous variables and percents for categorical variables

^aFull-time, part-time or home-maker

Abbreviations: UNC=University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill; MGH=Massachusetts General Hospital; DFCI =Dana Farber Cancer Institute; CCI=Charlson Co-Morbidity Index (higher scores indicate more co-morbidity); FACT-G PWB=Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–General Physical Well-Being subscale (higher scores indicate worse physical well-being)