Table 1.
Demographics of individuals who used self-scheduling compared to those of individuals who used staff-scheduling for making appointments for their screening mammograms.
| Demographic characteristic | Any self-scheduled, (n=14,387), n (%) | Exclusively staff-scheduled (n=79,514), n (%) | P valuea | ||
| Age (years) | <.001 | ||||
|
|
20-29 | 2 (0.01) | 40 (0.05) |
|
|
|
|
30-39 | 91 (0.63) | 606 (0.76) |
|
|
|
|
40-49 | 4311 (29.96) | 15,113 (19.01) |
|
|
|
|
50-59 | 4468 (31.06) | 21,322 (26.82) |
|
|
|
|
60-69 | 3954 (27.48) | 24,977 (31.41) |
|
|
|
|
70-79 | 1408 (9.79) | 14,675 (18.46) |
|
|
|
|
80-89 | 148 (1.03) | 2674 (3.36) |
|
|
|
|
90-99 | 5 (0.03) | 107 (0.13) |
|
|
| Self-described gender (female) | 14,382 (99.97) | 79,476 (99.95) | .50 | ||
| Race | .002 | ||||
|
|
White | 13,474 (93.65) | 74,436 (93.61) |
|
|
|
|
Black | 186 (1.29) | 1357 (1.71) |
|
|
|
|
Asian | 316 (2.20) | 1577 (1.98) |
|
|
|
|
Other | 269 (1.87) | 1420 (1.79) |
|
|
|
|
Not disclosed | 142 (0.99) | 724 (0.91) |
|
|
| Ethnicity | <.001 | ||||
|
|
Hispanic | 336 (2.34) | 2339 (2.94) |
|
|
|
|
Not Hispanic | 13,772 (95.73) | 75,745 (95.26) |
|
|
|
|
Undisclosed/unknown | 279 (1.94) | 1430 (1.80) |
|
|
aNull hypothesis (H0) tested: percentage of each demographic characteristic is equal between those who performed any self-scheduled activity and those who had staff-scheduled appointments exclusively.