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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2020 Sep 29;29(5):2761–2770. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05786-2

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics as well as associations with sleep disturbance (WCHSF, 2012 – 2019).

Participant Characteristics
(n=637)
Number (%) with Clinically-Significant Sleep Disturbance
Pre-Diagnosis
(n=637)
10 Months post-Dx
(n=261)
24 Months post-Dx
(n=632)
n (%) Yes No P Yes No P Yes No P
Age (years) .19 .63 <.01
 <50 191 (30) 117(32) 74 (27) 47 (34) 35 (29) 128(33) 68 (27)
 50–60 192(30) 114(31) 78 (29) 42 (30) 37 (30) 138(36) 68 (27)
 >60 254 (40) 135(37) 119(44) 50 (36) 50(41) 119(31) 111 (45)
Education <.01 .10 054
 < High School 205 (32) 117(32) 88 (33) 48 (35) 28 (23) 146 (38) 75 (30)
 Some college 220 (35) 146 (40) 74 (27) 49 (35) 46 (38) 131 (34) 82 (33)
 College or Grad Degree 212(33) 103(28) 109(40) 42 (30) 48 (39) 108(28) 90 (37)
Marital Status .36 .31 .09
 Not married 393 (62) 231 (63) 162 (60) 88 (63) 69 (57) 261 (68) 151 (61)
 Married 242 (38) 133(37) 109(40) 51 (37) 53 (43) 124(32) 96 (39)
Annual Household Income .10 .89 .03
 < $25,000 176(30) 112(33) 64 (26) 37 (28) 30 (27) 136(37) 63 (27)
 $25,000 – $69,000 214(37) 113(33) 101 (41) 48 (36) 44 (39) 120(33) 89 (38)
 > $70,000 194(33) 113(33) 81 (33) 49 (36) 39 (34) 110(30) 84 (35)
Insurance Status .52 .03 .08
 None 61 (10) 35(10) 26(10) 23(17) 9(7) 44(11) 18(7)
 Medicaid 76(12) 49(13) 27(10) 10(7) 18(15) 48(13) 20(8)
 Medicare 119(19) 64(18) 55 (20) 20 (14) 24 (20) 66(17) 48 (20)
 Private/Other 374 (59) 212 (59) 162 (60) 85 (62) 71 (58) 224 (59) 160(65)
Smoking Status .15 .92 .17
 Never 372 (58) 209 (57) 163 (60) 87 (63) 74(61) 237 (62) 140(57)
 Former 162 (26) 89 (24) 73 (27) 35 (25) 31 (25) 85 (22) 71 (29)
 Current 103(16) 68(19) 35(13) 17(12) 17(14) 63(16) 36 (14)
Menopausal Status .35 .61 .07
 Premenopausal 220 (35) 132(36) 88 (33) 53 (38) 42 (34) 141 (37) 73 (30)
 Postmenopausal 413(65) 231 (64) 182(67) 86 (62) 80 (66) 242 (63) 174(70)
Pre-Diagnostic BMI (Kg/m2) .13 .14 .09
 <25 86(13) 44 (12) 42 (16) 14(10) 21 (17) 57(15) 40(16)
 25–29 189(30) 102(28) 87 (32) 41 (30) 40 (33) 94 (24) 78 (32)
 >30 360 (57) 219(60) 141 (52) 84 (60) 61 (50) 233(61) 129(52)
24 Months Post-Diagnosis BMI .51 .46 .03
 <25 47(14) 25 (12) 22(16) 8(10) 12(18) 51 (13) 36(15)
 25–29 90 (27) 53 (26) 37 (28) 22 (28) 18(26) 94 (25) 82 (33)
 >30 201 (59) 125 (62) 76 (56) 48 (62) 38 (56) 237 (62) 128(52)
Pre-Diagnostic Type 2 Diabetes .70 .88 >.99
 No 495 (78) 282 (77) 213(79) 111 (80) 99(81) 298 (78) 192(78)
 Yes 142(22) 84 (23) 58 (21) 28 (20) 23(19) 86 (22) 55 (22)
Pre-Diagnostic Hypertension .51 >.99 .80
 No 243 (38) 144 (39) 99 (37) 86 (62) 75(61) 155(40) 102(41)
 Yes 394 (62) 222(61) 172(63) 53 (38) 47 (39) 230 (60) 145(59)
AJCC Stage
 0 120(23) 72 (24) 48 (22) .85 25 (20) 32 (28) .26 71 (20) 58 (26) .19
 I/II 363 (70) 206 (69) 157(71) 90 (70) 75 (65) 256(71) 152(67)
 III/IV 35(7) 20(7) 15(7) 13(10) 8(7) 32(9) 15(7)
Surgery Type .76 .10 .09
 None 46(7) 28(8) 18(7) 14(10) 10(8) 24(6) 19(8)
 Lumpectomy 421 (66) 237 (65) 184(68) 83 (60) 88 (72) 240 (62) 169(69)
 Mastectomy 168(27) 99 (27) 69 (25) 42 (30) 24 (20) 121 (32) 58 (23)
Treated with Chemotherapy .63 .01 .06
 No 311 (49) 175(48) 136(50) 58 (42) 72 (59) 180(47) 134(54)
 Yes 324(51) 189(52) 135(50) 81 (58) 50(41) 205 (53) 112(46)
Treated with Radiotherapy .80 .53 .19
 No 223 (35) 126(35) 97 (36) 59 (42) 46 (38) 171 (44) 95 (39)
 Yes 411 (65) 237 (65) 174(64) 80 (58) 75 (62) 214(56) 150(61)
Treated with Endocrine Therapy .57 .02 .33
 No 295 (47) 173(48) 122(45) 81 (59) 53 (44) 188(49) 110(45)
 Yes 338 (53) 190(52) 148 (55) 57(41) 68 (56) 196(51) 135(55)
.Lymphedema at 24 Months .26 .39 <.01
 No 616(97) 351 (96) 265 (98) 131 (94) 118(97) 348 (90) 240 (97)
 Yes 21(3) 15(4) 6(2) 8(6) 4(3) 37(10) 7(3)

Note: Some categories do not add up to N=637, n=261, or n=632 due to missing data. Clinically-significant sleep disturbance was defined as having a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score of ≥ 5.29 Treatment information is based on participant self-report.