Table 1:
Demographics and clinical characteristics
| Characteristics | Total (n=522) | Depressive Symptoms (n=158) | No Depressive Symptoms (n=364) | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Age at diagnosis Mean, (SD) | 76.9 | 6.1 | 76.0 | 6.6 | 75.1 | 6.0 | 0.13 |
| 65 – 74 | 215 | 41.2% | 61 | 38.6% | 154 | 42.3% | |
| 75 – 84 | 244 | 46.7% | 71 | 44.9% | 173 | 47.5% | |
| 85+ | 63 | 12.1% | 26 | 16.5% | 37 | 10.2% | |
| Race/ Ethnicity | 0.35 | ||||||
| White | 312 | 59.8% | 87 | 55.1% | 225 | 61.8% | |
| Black or African American | 95 | 18.2% | 32 | 20.3% | 63 | 17.3% | |
| Other | 115 | 22.0% | 39 | 24.7% | 76 | 20.9% | |
| Sex | 0.02 | ||||||
| Male | 259 | 49.6% | 66 | 41.8% | 193 | 53.0% | |
| Female | 263 | 50.4% | 92 | 58.2% | 171 | 47.0% | |
| Marital status | <0.01 | ||||||
| Married | 287 | 55.0% | 68 | 43.0% | 219 | 60.2% | |
| Not married | 225 | 43.1% | 86 | 54.4% | 139 | 38.2% | |
| Education | <0.01 | ||||||
| Less than high school | 161 | 30.8% | 70 | 44.3% | 91 | 25.0% | |
| High school graduate or GED | 157 | 30.1% | 48 | 30.4% | 109 | 29.9% | |
| College or above | 190 | 36.4% | 34 | 21.5% | 156 | 42.9% | |
| Smoking status | <0.01 | ||||||
| Yes (every day or some days) | 49 | 9.4% | 27 | 17.1% | 22 | 6.0% | |
| Not at all | 399 | 76.4% | 111 | 70.3% | 288 | 79.1% | |
| Unknown | 74 | 14.2% | 20 | 12.7% | 54 | 14.8% | |
| Number of comorbid conditionsa Mean, (SD) | 2.7 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 | <0.01 |
| 0–2 | 248 | 47.5% | 56 | 35.4% | 192 | 52.7% | |
| 3 or more | 214 | 41.0% | 80 | 50.6% | 134 | 36.8% | |
| Heart conditionsb | 0.03 | ||||||
| At least 1 heart condition | 384 | 73.6% | 126 | 79.7% | 258 | 70.9% | |
| No heart conditions | 137 | 26.2% | 31 | 19.6% | 106 | 29.1% | |
| Stroke | |||||||
| Yes | 48 | 9.2% | 19 | 12.0% | 29 | 8.0% | 0.13 |
| No | 464 | 88.9% | 135 | 85.4% | 329 | 90.4% | |
| Cardiovascular conditionsc | 0.01 | ||||||
| At least 1 cardiovascular condition | 387 | 74.1% | 128 | 81.0% | 259 | 71.2% | |
| No cardiovascular conditions | 133 | 25.5% | 29 | 18.4% | 104 | 28.6% | |
| Diabetes | 0.03 | ||||||
| Yes | 123 | 23.6% | 47 | 29.7% | 76 | 20.9% | |
| No | 392 | 75.1% | 109 | 69.0% | 283 | 77.7% | |
| Arthritis | <0.01 | ||||||
| Arthritis | 290 | 55.6% | 107 | 67.7% | 183 | 50.3% | |
| No arthritis | 229 | 43.9% | 49 | 31.0% | 180 | 49.5% | |
| Asthma/COPD/Emphysema | <0.01 | ||||||
| Yes | 73 | 14.0% | 34 | 21.5% | 39 | 10.7% | |
| No | 441 | 84.5% | 121 | 76.6% | 320 | 87.9% | |
| Sciatica | <0.01 | ||||||
| Yes | 116 | 22.2% | 51 | 32.3% | 65 | 17.9% | |
| No | 397 | 76.1% | 104 | 65.8% | 293 | 80.5% | |
| Year of Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis | 0.02 | ||||||
| 1998–2005 | 207 | 39.7% | 66 | 41.8% | 141 | 38.7% | |
| 2006–2010 | 155 | 29.7% | 34 | 21.5% | 121 | 33.2% | |
| 2011–2013 | 160 | 30.7% | 58 | 36.7% | 102 | 28.0% | |
| Number of months from survey to diagnosis Mean, (SD) | 23.1 | 18.1 | 22.2 | 16.8 | 23.6 | 18.7 | 0.42 |
| MHOS survey disposition | 0.54 | ||||||
| 450 | 86.2% | 134 | 84.8% | 316 | 86.8% | ||
| Telephone | 72 | 13.8% | 24 | 15.2% | 48 | 13.2% | |
| Who completed survey | 0.01 | ||||||
| Patient | 416 | 79.7% | 112 | 70.9% | 304 | 83.5% | |
| Proxy | 70 | 13.4% | 30 | 19.0% | 40 | 11.0% | |
Possible patient reported comorbidities include hypertension, angina or coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, other heart conditions, stroke, pulmonary conditions (emphysema, asthma, COPD), Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, or Inflammatory Bowel Disease, diabetes, arthritis, sciatica. If patient is missing data on any comorbidity, then number of comorbid conditions is considered missing
Possible patient reported heart conditions include hypertension, angina or coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, other heart conditions
Include heart conditions and stroke
Note: Column percentages do not sum to 100% for some variables due to missing data