Table 1.
Sociodemographic and Disease-Related Characteristics of the Participants (N = 480).
| Characteristics | Distribution | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 97 (20.2) |
| Female | 381 (79.4) | |
| Race/ethnicity | African Americans | 108 (22.5) |
| Asians | 118 (24.6) | |
| Hispanics | 105 (21.9) | |
| Whites | 149 (31.0) | |
| Education | ≤Elementary | 27 (5.6) |
| ≤High school | 156 (32.5) | |
| ≥Partial college | 297 (61.9) | |
| Household income | Very insufficient | 136 (29.4) |
| Insufficient | 115 (24.8) | |
| Sufficient | 212 (45.8) | |
| Employment | Yes | 190 (39.6) |
| No | 290 (60.4) | |
| Cancer site | Breast | 217 (45.2) |
| Gastrointestinal | 46 (9.6) | |
| Female reproductive organs | 39 (8.1) | |
| Head and neck | 32 (6.7) | |
| Lung | 30 (6.3) | |
| Hematologic | 14 (2.9) | |
| Lymph nodes | 11 (2.3) | |
| Prostate | 10 (2.1) | |
| Combined | 42 (8.8) | |
| Others | 35 (7.2) | |
| Cancer stage | 0 | 23 (4.8) |
| I | 79 (16.5) | |
| II | 122 (25.4) | |
| III | 72 (15.0) | |
| IV | 61 (12.7) | |
| Recurrent | 24 (5.0) | |
| Not staged | 5 (1.0) | |
| Unknown | 24 (5.0) | |
| Pain medication | Yes | 179 (37.3) |
| No | 298 (62.5) | |
| Difficulty to get health care | Yes | 93 (20.8) |
| No | 355 (79.2) |
Note. Unanswered questions were excluded from the analysis.