Table. Participant Characteristics.
| Characteristics | No./total (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Patient-reported outcomes intervention (n = 593) | Usual care (n = 598) | |
| Age, median (range), y | 64 (29-89) | 62 (28-93) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 359 (60.5) | 335/597 (56.1) |
| Male | 234 (39.5) | 262/597 (43.9) |
| Race (regardless of ethnicity) | ||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11/588 (1.9) | 13/576 (2.3) |
| Asian | 2/588 (0.3) | 16/576 (2.8) |
| Black or African American | 99/588 (16.8) | 94/576 (16.3) |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2/588 (0.3) | 1/576 (0.2) |
| White | 473/588 (80.4) | 452/576 (78.5) |
| Multiple races reported | 1/588 (0.2) | 0/576 (0.0) |
| Hispanic ethnicity (regardless of race) | 14/591 (2.4) | 39/596 (6.5) |
| Weekly patient-reported outcome survey mode of administration (intervention group only) | ||
| Internet | 378 (63.7) | |
| Automated telephone | 215 (36.3) | |
| Education | ||
| First-eighth grade | 10/592 (1.7) | 14/596 (2.3) |
| Ninth-eleventh grade | 35/592 (5.9) | 49/596 (8.2) |
| High school graduate/GED | 173/592 (29.2) | 187/596 (31.4) |
| Some college, associate’s degree, or other certification | 218/592 (36.8) | 203/596 (34.1) |
| College degree | 91/592 (15.4) | 93/596 (15.6) |
| Advanced degree | 65/592 (11.0) | 50/596 (8.4) |
| Employment status | ||
| Full time (≥40 h/wk) | 94/592 (15.9) | 89/596 (14.9) |
| Part time | 72/592 (12.2) | 48/596 (8.1) |
| Not currently working | 426/592 (72.0) | 459/596 (77.0) |
| Rural practice locationa | 154 (26.0) | 163 (27.3) |
| Marital status | ||
| Married/partnered | 385 (64.9) | 349/597 (58.5) |
| Single, never married | 58 (9.8) | 75/597 (12.6) |
| Separated/divorced | 82 (13.8) | 110/597 (18.4) |
| Widowed | 68 (11.5) | 63/597 (10.6) |
| Technology use | ||
| Never use a computer, tablet, or smartphone | 62 (10.5) | 81/597 (13.6) |
| Never use the internet | 87 (14.7) | 114/597 (19.1) |
| Never use email | 114 (19.2) | 158/597 (26.5) |
| Difficulty paying monthly bills | ||
| Not at all | 260/592 (43.9) | 224/596 (37.6) |
| Not very | 106/592 (17.9) | 127/596 (21.3) |
| Somewhat | 161/592 (27.2) | 184/596 (30.9) |
| Very/extremely | 65/592 (11.0) | 61/596 (10.2) |
| Cancer type | ||
| Colorectal, anal | 100 (16.9) | 132 (22.1) |
| Thoracic (lung, thyroid, thymus) | 118 (19.9) | 110 (18.4) |
| Breast | 97 (16.4) | 80 (13.4) |
| Gynecologic (ovarian, cervix, uterine, vaginal) | 64 (10.8) | 53 (8.9) |
| Pancreas, hepatobiliary | 48 (8.1) | 49 (8.2) |
| Gastroesophageal, small bowel | 25 (4.2) | 38 (6.4) |
| Genitourinary nonprostate (bladder, kidney, testicular, penile) | 36 (6.1) | 26 (4.3) |
| Myeloma, lymphoma | 31 (5.2) | 31 (5.2) |
| Prostate | 33 (5.6) | 18 (3.0) |
| Melanoma, skin | 11 (1.9) | 21 (3.5) |
| Other (brain, sarcoma, other soft tissue, head/neck, unknown primary) | 30 (5.1) | 40 (6.7) |
GED, General Educational Development certificate.
a
Rural/urban practice location based on US Census data (County Rurality Census Table), confirmed with practice self-designation.