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. 2021 Feb 9;32(4):357–367. doi: 10.1007/s10552-021-01392-7

Table 2.

Differences in the prevalence of self-reported psychosocial stress, defined as reporting values above the sample median, by sociodemogaphic and clinical factors

Loneliness Perceived stress Psychological consequences
% p value % p value % p value
Race/ethnicity 0.0009  < 0.0001 0.075
 nH white 28 38 41
 nH black 37 48 44
 Hispanic 43 60 51
Age at diagnosis 0.05  < 0.0001  < 0.0001
 25–39 46 58 68
 40–49 35 54 53
 50–59 38 52 50
 60–69 33 38 34
 70–79 24 28 20
Education 0.00005  < 0.0001 0.06
 < 12 47 63 49
 12 37 45 46
 > 12 30 42 42
Income  < 0.0001  < 0.0001 0.02
 < 20,000 50 58 51
 < 75,000 38 47 43
 > 75,000 17 33 40
Insurance  < 0.0001  < 0.0001  < 0.00001
 No outpatient insurance 46 66 59
 Public insurance only 46 59 51
 Private 30 39 39
Concentrated disadvantage 0.03 0.02
 < 1 SD below mean 25 34 42
 Within 1 SD of mean 36 48 44
 > 1 SD above mean 38 48 45
 Concentrated affluence 0.002 0.01
 < 1 SD below mean 38 48 46
 Within 1 SD of mean 37 48 44
 > 1 SD above mean 24 36 42
Stage at diagnosis 0.002  < 0.0001
 0 34 42 35
 1 35 43 38
 2 36 51 55
 3/4 39 58 55
Initiated radiation
 No 37 47 44
 Yes 33 45 43
Initiated chemotherapy 0.0003  < 0.0001
 No 34 41 35
 Yes 36 53 56
Initiated hormone therapy 0.051 0.0007
 No 34 48 47
 Yes 36 41 35
Unmet emotional support  < 0.0001  < 0.0001  < 0.0001
 No 31 44 41
 Yes 79 73 73
Unmet spiritual support  < 0.0001  < 0.0001  < 0.0001
 No 31 44 41
 Yes 57 61 67
Unmet informational support  < 0.0001 0.001  < 0.0001
 No 32 44 41
 Yes 56 59 63
Unmet financial support  < 0.0001  < 0.0001  < 0.0001
 No 30 39 38
 Yes 49 64 60
Unmet practical support  < 0.0001  < 0.0001  < 0.0001
 No 31 43 41
 Yes 63 71 67