Table 1.

Patient characteristics (N=50)

Variable	N (%) or M (SD)
Age	63.5 (7.5)
Race/ethnicity
White	37 (74.0)
Othera	13 (26.0)
Marital status
Married	43 (86.0)
Other	7 (14.0)
Education
High school diploma	14 (28.0)
Some college	12 (24.0)
Bachelor’s degree	16 (32.0)
Graduate degree	8 (16.0)
Years since date of biopsyb	3.6 (3.2)
Gleason score at diagnosisb	7.0 (0.9)
PSA score at diagnosisc	6.1 (3.4)
Stage of cancer at diagnosisd
Stage I	5 (10.4)
Stage II	36 (75.0)
Stage III	7 (14.6)
Treatment type
Prostatectomy	42 (84.0)
Radiation	4 (8.0)
Prostatectomy + radiation	2 (4.0)
Active surveillance	2 (4.0)
General prostate cancer anxiety
Yes	11 (22.0)
No	39 (78.0)
PSA anxiety
Yes	3 (6.0)
No	47 (94.0)
Fear of recurrence
Yes	43 (86.0)
No	7 (14.0)
Health literacy (max score = 15)	12.9 (2.2)
GSS knowledge (max score = 4)	1.8 (1.4)
Perceived importance of the GSS (mean scale score)	2.8 (1.0)

Note: PSA = Prostate Specific Antigen. GSS = Gleason scoring system.

^aRacial/ethnic groups (Non-Hispanic Black=10, Asian=2, Hispanic = 1) collapsed into “other” due to low sample size

^bN=49

^cN=43

^dN=48