Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics by group
| Variables | JLA Group (n = 86) |
Routine Care Group (n =109) |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| frequency | % | frequency | % | ||
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| Age | .03 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 55.31 (8.47) | 58.43 (8.92) | |||
| Marital status | .20 | ||||
| Married | 39 | 57.4 | 80 | 74.1 | |
| Never married | 13 | 19.1 | 10 | 9.3 | |
| Widowed | 5 | 7.4 | 5 | 4.6 | |
| Separated | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 2.8 | |
| Divorced | 9 | 13.2 | 10 | 9.3 | |
| Educational level | .03 | ||||
| Below high school | 9 | 10.5 | 12 | 11.0 | |
| Some or complete high school | 25 | 29.1 | 28 | 25.7 | |
| Some or complete college | 28 | 32.6 | 52 | 47.7 | |
| Graduate school | 3 | 3.5 | 16 | 14.7 | |
| Treatment completed | |||||
| Surgery | 61 | 70.9 | 89 | 81.7 | .28 |
| Radiation | 33 | 38.4 | 63 | 57.8 | .97 |
| Chemo | 43 | 50.0 | 68 | 62.4 | .21 |
| Cancer stage | .11 | ||||
| 0 | 3 | 3.5 | 13 | 11.9 | |
| 1 | 22 | 25.6 | 31 | 28.4 | |
| 2 | 24 | 27.9 | 46 | 42.2 | |
| 3 | 17 | 19.8 | 18 | 16.5 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Time since diagnosis (in months) | <.001 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 16.79 (18.90) | 82.18 (67.05) | |||
Note. Participants may complete more than one treatment type. Percentages may not add up to 100% because of missing data.