Table 4.
Comparison of psychosocial characteristics of head and neck cancer patients by race.
Factors | European American (n = 24) | African American (n = 15) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
Social Support (%) | |||
Appraisal | 10.0 | 9.8 | 0.87a |
Belonging | 9.8 | 10.2 | 0.71 |
Tangible | 8.2 | 8.7 | 0.24 |
Overall | 27.9 | 28.7 | 0.89 |
Missing | 0 | 5 | |
Religiosity | |||
Total Score | 22.3 | 26.4 | 0.19a |
Missing | 1 | 5 | |
Perceived Stress | |||
Total Score | 17.6 | 17.9 | 0.93b |
Missing | 0 | 6 | |
Fatalism | |||
Average Score | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.57a |
= Wilcoxon Rank–Sum test.
= t-test.