Table 1.
Demographics.
| Variable | Number of patients (N = 100) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | Mean +/− standard deviation | 74.28 ± 5.58 |
| Sex | Male | 42 |
| Female | 58 | |
| Race | White | 86 |
| African American | 14 | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic | 1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 99 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Current Treatment ⁎ | IV Chemotherapy | 24 |
| Oral Therapy | 59 | |
| Immunotherapy | 13 | |
| Other, including clinical trial | 29 | |
| Education Level | Grades 1–8 | 0 |
| Grades 9–11 | 3 | |
| High school or GED | 18 | |
| Some college | 15 | |
| Some junior college | 7 | |
| College Degree | 21 | |
| Post-college work | 2 | |
| Advanced Degree | 34 | |
| Marital Status | Married | 55 |
| Divorced | 21 | |
| Widowed | 17 | |
| Single | 7 | |
| Living Situation | Spouse | 54 |
| Parents/Parents-in-law | 1 | |
| Alone | 31 | |
| Children, age ≤ 18 | 1 | |
| Children, age > 18 | 7 | |
| Other | 5 | |
| Employment Status | Employed >32 h/week | 9 |
| Employed <32 h/week | 8 | |
| Homemaker | 1 | |
| Medical leave | 1 | |
| Disabled | 0 | |
| Unemployed | 2 | |
| Retired | 75 | |
| Other | 4 | |
| Yearly Household | Less than $5000 | 3 |
| Income | $5000–$19,999 | 9 |
| $20,000–$49,999 | 24 | |
| $50,000–$99,999 | 25 | |
| $100,000–$149,999 | 14 | |
| Over $150,000 | 18 | |
| Prefer not to answer | 7 | |
| Cancer Types | Breast Cancer | 44 |
| Prostate Cancer | 23 | |
| Others | 33 | |
| Cancer Stage | I | 29 |
| II/III | 14 | |
| IV | 56 |
Sum >100 due to patients being on more than one type of therapy concurrently.