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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acupunct Med. 2021 Mar 22;39(6):637–645. doi: 10.1177/0964528421999395

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics.

Total Acupuncture CBT-I
N % N % N %

87 100.0 50 57.5 37 42.5

Age (Mean, SD), years 61.9 (11.4) 62.7 (10.6) 60.8 (12.4)

Gender

Male 42 48.3 26 52.0 16 43.2
Female 45 51.7 24 48.0 21 56.8

Race

White 66 75.9 37 74.0 28 78.4
Non-white 21 24.1 13 26.0 8 21.6

Education

Elementary school 1 1.2 1 2 0 0
High school graduate 6 6.9 5 10 1 2.7
Some college or trade school 13 14.9 6 12 7 18.9
College graduate 24 27.6 13 26 11 29.7
Graduate school degree 43 49.4 25 50 18 48.7

Employment

Full-time 33 37.9 21 42 12 32.4
Part-time 14 16.1 7 14 7 18.9
Not currently employed 40 46.0 22 44 18 48.7

Cancer Type *

Breast 27 31.0 15 30.0 12 32.4
Prostate 20 23.0 13 26.0 7 18.9
Other 40 46.0 22 44.0 18 48.7

Cancer Stage

Stage 0 3 3.5 0 0 3 8.1

Stage I 41 47.1 24 48.0 17 46.0
Stage II 16 18.4 8 16.0 8 21.6
Stage III 16 18.4 10 20.0 6 16.2
Stage IV 8 9.2 6 12.0 2 5.4
Unknown 3 3.5 2 4.0 1 2.7

Cancer Treatments **

Surgery 70 80.5 42 84.0 28 75.7
Chemotherapy 42 48.3 24 48.0 18 48.7
Radiation 49 56.3 29 58.0 20 54.1
Hormonal 20 23.0 12 24.0 8 21.6

Years since Cancer Diagnosis (Median, IQR) 4.6 (3.0–7.0) 4.9 (2.9–7.0) 4.2 (1.4–6.4)
*

Other cancer types include Colorectal, Head/Neck, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Skin, Lung, Other Gastrointestinal, Other Genitourinary, and >1 cancer type.

**

Subjects can have more than 1 type of cancer treatments