Table 3.
Demographic characteristics of the sample
| Biopsy survey | Pre-encounter survey | Post-encounter survey | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Simple decision aid | Complex decision aid | Simple decision aid | Complex decision aid | Simple decision aid | Complex decision aid | |
| N = 510 | N = 512 | N = 141 | N = 144 | N = 122 | N = 122 | |
| Age | ||||||
| M (SD) | 63.41 (5.86) | 63.14 (6.02) | 63.35 (5.99) | 63.13 (6.22) | 64.01 (5.78) | 63.02 (6.06) |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||||
| Caucasian | 385 (75.6) | 397 (77.5) | 99 (70.2) | 105 (72.9) | 91 (74.6) | 89 (73.0) |
| African American | 115 (22.6) | 106 (20.7) | 39 (27.7) | 36 (25.0) | 29 (23.8) | 29 (23.8) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 15 (2.9) | 14 (2.7) | 5 (3.5) | 3 (2.1) | 3 (2.5) | 2 (1.6) |
| Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian` | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) |
| Asian | 1 (0.2) | 6 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.6) |
| Hispanic | 11 (2.2) | 11 (2.1) | 2 (1.4) | 3 (2.1) | 2 (1.6) | 3 (2.5) |
| Middle Eastern | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) |
| Education | ||||||
| < High school | 27 (5.3) | 23 (4.5) | 3 (2.1) | 3 (2.1) | 3 (2.5) | 1 (0.8) |
| High school/GED | 144 (28.4) | 161 (31.5) | 40 (28.4) | 41 (28.5) | 37 (30.3) | 32 (26.2) |
| Trade school | 21 (4.1) | 25 (4.9) | 4 (2.8) | 8 (5.6) | 4 (3.3) | 7 (5.7) |
| Some college/Assoc | 223 (44) | 210 (41.1) | 66 (46.9) | 63 (43.8) | 56 (45.9) | 57 (46.7) |
| College degree | 92 (18.1) | 92 (18) | 28 (19.9) | 29 (20.2) | 22 (18) | 25 (20.5) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married/partner | 280 (55.2) | 285 (55.9) | 72 (51.4) | 83 (57.6) | 60 (49.6) | 70 (57.4) |
| Divorced/separated | 162 (32) | 166 (32.6) | 51 (36.5) | 49 (34) | 46 (38) | 39 (31.9) |
| Widowed | 27 (5.3) | 18 (3.5) | 4 (2.9) | 4 (2.8) | 3 (2.5) | 4 (3.3) |
| Never married | 38 (7.5) | 41 (8.0) | 13 (9.3) | 8 (5.6) | 12 (9.9) | 9 (7.4) |
| Literacy | ||||||
| Inadequate | 140 (27.7) | 139 (27.4) | 34 (24.3) | 41 (28.9) | 30 (24.8) | 32 (26.7) |
| Adequate | 366 (72.3) | 368 (72.6) | 106 (75.7) | 101 (71.1) | 91 (75.2) | 88 (73.3) |
| Numeracy | ||||||
| M (SD) | 4.57 (1.03) | 4.56 (1.01) | 4.69 (0.96) | 4.69 (0.85) | 4.64 (0.97) | 4.75 (0.83) |
| Gleason score | ||||||
| Gleason 6 | 72 (14.1) | 72 (14.1) | 72 (51.1) | 72 (50.0) | 59 (50.9) | 54 (47.0) |
| Gleason 7 | 69 (13.5) | 72 (14.1) | 69 (48.9) | 72 (50.0) | 57 (49.1) | 61 (53.0) |
| PSA | ||||||
| M (SD) | 5.98 (2.98) | 6.12 (2.61) | 5.98 (2.98) | 6.12 (2.61) | 6.25 (3.13) | 6.07 (2.68) |
Demographics for biopsy interview are all patients recruited into the study (text only includes patients ultimately diagnosed with cancer). PSA and Gleason scores were only extracted from electronic medical records for patients diagnosed with localized cancer