TABLE 1.
Participant Characteristics and Associated Mean FACT-G Scores
Characteristic | Total |
FACT-G |
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No. | % | Mean | 95% CI | |
All survivors | 1754 | 100 | 81.1 | 80.2–82.0 |
Age | ||||
<55 y | 468 | 26.7 | 77.4 | 75.5–79.2 |
55–64 y | 692 | 39.5 | 80.8 | 79.5–82.2 |
>65 y | 594 | 33.9 | 84.3 | 83.0–85.6 |
Sex | ||||
Women | 863 | 49.2 | 81.1 | 79.8–82.3 |
Men | 891 | 50.8 | 81.1 | 79.9–82.3 |
Education | ||||
Less than high school | 163 | 9.4 | 72.7 | 69.7–75.6 |
High school/GED | 497 | 28.7 | 79.6 | 77.9–81.3 |
Some college/2-y degree | 633 | 36.6 | 80.0 | 78.6–81.4 |
College graduate | 436 | 25.2 | 87.3 | 85.8–88.8 |
Income | ||||
<$20,000 | 628 | 35.8 | 73.7 | 72.3–75.2 |
$20,000-$39,999 | 394 | 22.5 | 80.4 | 78.5–82.2 |
$40,000-$59,999 | 260 | 14.8 | 85.9 | 83.9–87.9 |
$60,000-$79,999 | 135 | 7.7 | 88.4 | 85.9–90.9 |
>$80,000 | 208 | 11.9 | 91.8 | 89.9–93.7 |
Census-tract poverty | ||||
0% to <5% | 95 | 5.4 | 89.8 | 86.8–92.8 |
5% to <10% | 202 | 11.5 | 84.9 | 82.4–87.4 |
10% to <20% | 302 | 17.2 | 83.6 | 81.7–85.4 |
>20% | 1153 | 65.8 | 79.1 | 78.0–80.2 |
Employment status | ||||
Employed | 515 | 29.4 | 89.2 | 87.9–90.5 |
Homemaker | 34 | 1.9 | 83.5 | 78.8–88.2 |
Unemployed | 120 | 6.8 | 67.0 | 63.5–70.4 |
Retired | 679 | 38.7 | 83.7 | 82.4–84.9 |
Disability | 381 | 21.7 | 70.1 | 68.2–71.9 |
Marital status | ||||
Married/cohabitating | 715 | 40.9 | 85.0 | 83.7–86.2 |
Widowed | 174 | 10.0 | 80.3 | 77.8–82.9 |
Divorced/separated | 454 | 26.0 | 79.2 | 77.5–80.9 |
Never married | 404 | 23.1 | 76.7 | 74.8–78.7 |
Site | ||||
Breast | 641 | 36.6 | 81.8 | 80.4–83.2 |
Colorectal | 231 | 13.2 | 80.1 | 77.5–82.6 |
Lung | 177 | 10.1 | 75.1 | 72.2–78.0 |
Prostate | 705 | 40.2 | 82.3 | 81.1–83.6 |
Stage | ||||
Localized | 1081 | 62.0 | 82.2 | 81.1–83.3 |
Regional | 521 | 29.9 | 80.8 | 79.3–82.4 |
Distant | 142 | 8.1 | 74.1 | 70.9–77.4 |
Currently in treatment | ||||
No | 1354 | 78.4 | 82.2 | 81.3–83.2 |
Yes | 374 | 21.6 | 77.1 | 75.2–79.0 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; FACT-G, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–General.
Column percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding.