TABLE 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of the women assessed for basic social resource needs via the Health Leads Screening Tool
| Overall (N=752) | |
|---|---|
| Patient demographics | |
| Age at assessment | 56 (43.00–65.00) |
| BMI | 27.99 (23.56–34.32) |
| Race | |
| White | 453 (60.2%) |
| Black | 201 (26.7%) |
| Other race | 98 (13.0%) |
| Zip code income tertile | |
| First: <$63,533 | 245 (33.0%) |
| Second: $63,533-$93,557 | 252 (34.0%) |
| Third: >$93,557 | 245 (33.0%) |
| Unemployed or retired | |
| Yes | 363 (49.1%) |
| English as their primary language | |
| Yes | 725 (96.4%) |
| Smoking status | |
| Never smoked | 510 (67.8%) |
| Former smoker | 188 (25.0%) |
| Current smoker | 54 (7.2%) |
| Insurance type | |
| Private | 506 (67.3%) |
| Public (Medicare, Medicaid) or none | 246 (32.7%) |
| Clinical characteristics | |
| Diagnosis of gynecologic cancer | |
| None | 291 (38.7%) |
| Uterine | 185 (24.6%) |
| Ovarian | 173 (23.0%) |
| Cervix | 61 (8.1%) |
| Vulvar or other | 42 (5.6%) |
| Comorbidities | |
| HIV positive | |
| Yes | 14(1.9%) |
| Hepatitis C positive | |
| Yes | 14(1.9%) |
| Diabetes mellitus | |
| Yes | 113 (15%) |
| Overall (N=752) | |
| Psychiatric illness | |
| None | 576 (76.6%) |
| Anxiety | 56 (7.4%) |
| Depression | 56 (7.4%) |
| Anxiety and depression | 47 (6.3%) |
| Bipolar disorder or other | 17(2.4%) |
| Visit or treatment information | |
| Actively undergoing cancer treatment | 165 (21.9%) |
| In surveillance for cancer | 277 (36.8%) |
| Being worked up for cancer | 65 (8.6%) |
| Visit type | |
| New | 194 (25.8%) |
| Return | 558 (74.2%) |
| Screening type | |
| Paper | 702 (93.4%) |
| In person | 48 (6.4%) |
| Phone call | 2 (0.3%) |
| Number of basic social resource needs | |
| 0 | 573 (76.2%) |
| 1 | 123 (16.4%) |
| 2 | 31 (4.1%) |
| 3 | 11 (1.5%) |
| 4 | 9 (1.2%) |
| >5 | 5 (0.7%) |
Beavis et al. Basic social resource needs screening in the gynecologic oncology clinic: a quality improvement initiative. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020.
Data are presented as median (IQR) or n (%).
BMI, body mass index; HIV, human immunodeficiencyvims; IQR, interquartile range.