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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Oncol Nurs Forum. 2018 Jul 2;45(4):439–455. doi: 10.1188/18.ONF.439-455

TABLE 2.

Sample Characteristics (N = 186)

Characteristic X¯ SD
Age (years) 63.51 8.16
Years since prostate cancer diagnosis 5.82 4.49
Self-reported prostate-specific antigen level 7.7 5.89
Characteristic n %
Education
Some college or less 42 23
Bachelor’s degree 64 34
Graduate degree 80 43
Race or ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 163 88
Hispanic or non-White 23 12
Relationship status
Single or unknown 60 32
Dating 13 7
Married or in a relationship 101 54
Widowed, divorced, or formerly in a relationship 12 6
Sexual orientation
Gay 170 91
Bisexual 16 9
Prostate cancer treatment
Surgery 99 53
Systemic 52 28
Radiation or brachytherapy 35 19

Note. Because of rounding, percentages may not total 100.