Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Participants by Age
| Characteristic | Age < 70 Years (N=589) | Age ≥ 70 Years (N=177) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Study arm | 0.730 | ||||
| Usual Care | 252 | 42.8 | 73 | 41.2 | |
| Intervention | 337 | 57.2 | 104 | 58.8 | |
| Age | |||||
| Median (range) | 58 (26 – 69) | 75 (70 – 91) | |||
| Age categories | |||||
| <50 | 138 | 23.4 | - | - | |
| 54–55 | 93 | 15.8 | - | - | |
| 55–59 | 99 | 16.8 | - | - | |
| 60–64 | 143 | 24.3 | - | - | |
| 65–69 | 116 | 19.7 | - | - | |
| 70–74 | - | - | 85 | 48.0 | |
| 75–79 | - | - | 56 | 31.6 | |
| 80+ | - | - | 36 | 20.3 | |
| Sex | <0.001 | ||||
| Female | 397 | 67.4 | 47 | 26.6 | |
| Male | 192 | 32.6 | 130 | 73.5 | |
| Race | 0.072 | ||||
| White | 499 | 84.7 | 161 | 91.0 | |
| Black | 55 | 9.3 | 12 | 6.8 | |
| Asian | 35 | 5.9 | 4 | 2.3 | |
| Cancer type | <0.001 | ||||
| Genitourinary | 123 | 20.9 | 122 | 68.9 | |
| Gynecologic | 160 | 27.2 | 17 | 9.6 | |
| Breast | 140 | 23.8 | 3 | 1.7 | |
| Lung | 166 | 28.2 | 35 | 19.8 | |
| Days since initiation of chemotherapy | 0.087 | ||||
| Median (Range) | 21 (0–840) | 20 (0–1025) | |||
| Education | 0.029 | ||||
| High school or less | 123 | 20.9 | 47 | 26.6 | |
| College | 292 | 49.6 | 68 | 38.4 | |
| Graduate degree | 174 | 29.5 | 62 | 35.0 | |
| Level of prior computer experience | <0.001 | ||||
| Computer-Experienced | 451 | 76.6 | 88 | 49.7 | |
| Computer-Inexperienced | 138 | 23.4 | 89 | 50.3 | |
| Baseline Quality of Life | 0.706 | ||||
| Median (range) | 0.83 (020 to 1.00) | 0.83 (0.26 to 1.00) | |||