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Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2020 Nov 23;127(3):467–475. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33286

TABLE 1.

Participant Characteristics and Associated Mean FACT-G Scores

Characteristic Total
FACT-G
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.