Table 1.
Baseline characteristics, Thinking and Living with Cancer Study, 2010–2016, N=397
| Baseline characteristic | Total N (%) or Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
| Age (Mean; SD) | 68.0 (6.0) |
| Years of education (Mean; SD) | 15.2 (2.2) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White (Non-Hispanic) | 314 (79.1%) |
| Non-White | 83 (20.9%) |
| Marital status | |
| Married or living as married | 229 (60.6%) |
| Not married | 149 (39.4%) |
| WRAT-4 literacy score (Mean; SD) | 111.5 (15.3) |
| Number of comorbidities (Mean; SD) | 2.6 (1.9) |
| Number of IADL limitations (Mean; SD) | 0.44 (1.02) |
| Fatigue scale score | |
| Mean (SD) | 43.15 (8.49) |
| Presence of depressive symptoms | |
| No | 306 (86.9) |
| Yes | 46 (13.1) |
| Anxiety scale score | |
| Mean (SD) | 29.2 (8.2) |
| Treatment modality | |
| Chemo +/− HT | 111 (29.0) |
| HT only | 272 (71.0) |
| AJCC tumor stage | |
| Stage 0 | 50 (12.7) |
| Stage 1 | 214 (54.3) |
| Stage 2 | 109 (27.7) |
| Stage 3 | 21 (5.3) |
| FACT-G Global well-being score (Mean; SD) | 81.15 (12.86) |
| FACT-G Functional well-being score (Mean; SD) | 74.43 (20.22) |
| FACT-G Physical well-being score (Mean; SD) | 83.37 (16.27) |
| FACT-G Social well-being baseline score (Mean; SD) | 85.96 (16.88) |
| FACT-G Emotional well-being baseline score (Mean; SD) | 82.04 (17.23) |
Note:US general adult female population FACT-G norms, scaled from 0–100, are: 73.7 (global), 65.35 (functional), 78.93 (physical), 70.71 (social), and 80.83 (emotional). US adult female cancer survivor FACT-G norms, scaled from 0–100, are: 76.02 (global), 69.64 (functional), 77.14 (physical), 79.64 (social), and 77.92 (emotional). From Brucker et al., 2005 (18).