Table 1.
COAST Respondent Characteristics
| Characteristic | All Respondents (n = 115) |
Reported Transportation Barriers (n = 21) | Reported No Transportation Barriers (n = 94) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics (N, %) | ||||
| Age at survey completion | ||||
| 40–65 | 32 (28) | 11 (52) | 21 (22) | 0.006 |
| ≥ 66 | 83 (72) | 10 (48) | 73 (78) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 109 (95) | 19 (90) | 90 (96) | 0.301 |
| Female | 6 (5) | 2 (10) | 4 (4) | |
| Racea | ||||
| White | 74 (64) | 13 (62) | 61 (65) | 0.700 |
| Persons of color | 38 (33) | 7 (33) | 31 (33) | |
| Employmenta | ||||
| Working | 28 (24) | 1 (5) | 27 (29) | 0.060 |
| Not working | 85 (74) | 20 (95) | 65 (69) | |
| Educationa | ||||
| Less than high school | 14 (12) | 1 (5) | 13 (14) | 0.559 |
| High school graduate or higher education | 100 (87) | 20 (95) | 80 (85) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 68 (59) | 8 (38) | 60 (64) | 0.005 |
| Divorced/separated | 29 (25) | 12 (57) | 17 (18) | |
| Widowed | 13 (11) | 1 (5) | 12 (13) | |
| Single | 5 (4) | 0 (0) | 5 (5) | |
| Transportation-related Factors (N, %) | ||||
| CRC care locationa | ||||
| VA hospital/clinic | 108 (94) | 19 (90) | 89 (95) | 0.488 |
| Non-VA health center | 5 (4) | 2 (10) | 3 (3) | |
| Distance to the VA | ||||
| ≤ 20 miles | 33 (29) | 4 (19) | 29 (31) | 0.280 |
| > 20 miles | 82 (71) | 17 (81) | 65 (69) | |
| Convenience of the VAa | ||||
| Convenient | 96 (83) | 15 (71) | 81 (86) | 0.143 |
| Not convenient | 17 (15) | 6 (29) | 11 (12) | |
| Mode of travel | ||||
| Drive self | 67 (58) | 8 (38) | 59 (63) | 0.098 |
| Rely on friends/family | 44 (38) | 12 (57) | 32 (34) | |
| Public transportation | 2 (2) | 1 (5) | 1 (1) | |
| Other method | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | |
| Lifestyle Factors (N,%) | ||||
| Chaotic lifestylea | ||||
| Less chaotic | 65 (57) | 9 (43) | 56 (60) | 0.245 |
| More chaotic | 47 (41) | 12 (57) | 35 (37) | |
Abbreviations: COAST Colorectal Cancer Patient Adherence to Survivorship Treatment, CRC colorectal cancer, VA Veterans Affairs
aParticipants with missing data, which is defined as not responding or selecting “Prefer not to answer” or “Don’t know”, are not included in the table. Race was missing for 1 participant reporting barriers and for 2 participants reporting no barriers; employment was missing for 2 participants reporting no barriers; education was missing for 1 participant reporting no barriers; location of cancer care was missing for 2 participants reporting no barriers; convenience of VA location was missing for 2 participants reporting no barriers; and chaotic lifestyle was missing for 3 participants reporting no barriers