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. 2020 Jul 4;29(3):1275–1285. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05598-4

Table 1.

Patient characteristics of study sub-groups

Patients indicating no R/S concern (n = 499) Patients indicating R/S concern(s) (n = 212) Survey respondents (n = 41)
Variable Median [min, max] Median [min, max] Median [min, max]
Age at assessment 61 [18, 90] 57.5 [19, 91] 57 [27, 74]
Frequency (%) Frequency (%) Frequency (%)
Gender
  Female 308 (62) 143 (67) 26 (63)
  Male 190 (38) 69 (33) 13 (32)
  Unknown/prefer not to answer 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2)
  Missing 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2)
Race
  American Indian or Alaska Native 2 (0) 3 (1) 0 (0)
  Asian 7 (1) 5 (2) 2 (5)
  Black or African American 112 (22) 36 (17) 5 (12)
  White 365 (73) 149 (70) 30 (73)
  Other, unknown or prefer not to answer 13 (3) 19 (9) 4 (10)
Religion (multi-select available)
  Agnostic Not captured in assessment 1 (2)
  Christian (non-denominational) 14 (34)
  Christian (Protestant) 13 (32)
  Christian (Catholic) 5 (12)
  Hindu 1 (2)
  Jewish 2 (5)
  None 1 (2)
  Spiritual but not religious 6 (15)
Cancer diagnosis received at time of call Not captured in assessment
  Yes 32 (78)
  No 8 (20)
  Missing 1 (2)

Note: Percentages do not sum to 100% for prompts designed for multi-select and due to rounding