Table 3:
Sociodemographic characteristics of Veterans diagnosed with cancer at the Bronx Veterans Hospital (n = 67) by age and race/ethnicity
| SCREENING INFORMATION | Age | Race | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 67) |
<65 (n = 27, 40.3%) |
≥65 (n = 40, 59.7%) |
p- value |
Non-Hispanic African American (n = 28,41.8%) |
Other race and ethnicity (n = 39, 58.2%) |
p- value |
|
| DEMOGRAPHICS | |||||||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 64 (95.5) | 24 (88.9) | 40 (100.0) | 0.06 | 25 (89.3) | 39 (100.0) | 0.07 |
| Female | 3 (4.5) | 3 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (10.7) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 28 (41.8) | 15 (55.6) | 13 (32.5) | 0.06 | -- | -- | -- |
| Other race/ethnicity | 39 (58.2) | 12 (44.4) | 27 (67.5) | -- | -- | ||
| Age | |||||||
| <65 years | 27 (40.0) | -- | -- | -- | 15 (53.6) | 12 (30.8) | 0.06 |
| ≥65 years | 40 (59.7) | -- | -- | 13 (46.4) | 27 (69.2) | ||
| Education | |||||||
| ≤High school | 20 (30.8) | 6 (23.1) | 14 (35.9) | 0.13 | 7 (25.9) | 13 (34.2) | 0.71 |
| Some college, trade or technical school | 30 (44.8) | 16 (61.5) | 14 (35.9) | 14 (51.9) | 16 (42.1) | ||
| College or graduate degree | 15 (24.4) | 4 (15.4) | 11 (28.2) | 6 (22.2) | 9 (23.7) | ||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married/living as married | 24 (36.4) | 10 (37.0) | 14 (35.9) | 0.93 | 18 (64.3) | 24 (63.2) | 0.93 |
| Not married | 42 (63.6) | 17 (63.0) | 25 (64.1) | 10 (35.7) | 14 (36.8) | ||
| SOCIAL SUPPORT | |||||||
| Mean [SD] | 57.3 [28.7] | 62.1 [23.9] | 53.9 [31.6] | 0.26 | 52.9 [28.2] | 60.4 [29.0] | 0.94 |
| Actual range | 0.0-100.0 | 0.0-100.0 | 0.0-100.0 | 0.0-100.0 | 0.0-100.0 | ||
| QUALITY OF LIFE | |||||||
| Mean [SD] | 19.2 [3.3] | 20.4 [3.2] | 18.3 [3.2] | 0.008 | 19.1 [3.8] | 19.2 [3.0] | 0.45 |
| Actual range | 9-27 | 16-27 | 9-24 | 9-26 | 13-27 | ||
| HEALTH LITERACY | |||||||
| How often do you understand information from doctor | |||||||
| Never | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.79 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.15 |
| Almost never | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Sometimes | 26 (38.8) | 11 (40.7) | 15 (37.5) | 8 (28.6) | 18 (46.2) | ||
| All the time | 41 (61.2) | 16 (59.3) | 25 (62.5) | 20 (71.4) | 21 (53.8) | ||
| How often do you need help with instructions and information from the doctor or pharmacy | |||||||
| Never | 39 (58.2) | 20 (74.1) | 19 (47.5) | 0.04 | 18 (64.3) | 21 (53.8) | 0.6 |
| Almost never0.60 | 11 (16.4) | 3 (11.1) | 8 (20.0) | 5 (17.9) | 6 (15.4) | ||
| Sometimes | 12 (17.9) | 4 (14.8) | 8 (20.0) | 3 (10.7) | 9 (23.1) | ||
| All the time | 5 (7.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (12.5) | 2 (7.1) | 3 (7.7) | ||
| HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING | |||||||
| Have a cell/mobile phone | 61 (91.0) | 26 (96.3) | 35 (87.5) | 0.39 | 27 (96.4) | 34 (87.2) | 0.39 |
| Connect to internet via cell phone | 36 (53.7) | 18 (66.7) | 18 (45.0) | 0.08 | 15 (53.6) | 21 (53.8) | 0.98 |
| Use the internet | 43 (64.2) | 20 (74.1) | 23 (57.5) | 0.17 | 19 (67.9) | 24 (61.5) | 0.60 |
| Seek health information on the internet | 29 (65.1) | 13 (65.0) | 15 (65.2) | 0.99 | 13 (46.4) | 16 (41.0) | 0.66 |