Table 1.
BRCA-DIRECT pilot study patient demographics
| Demographic | Groups | All | Pretest information allocation | |
| Digital | Telephone | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Age (years) (n=129) |
18–30 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 31–40 | 4 (3.1) | 2 (2.9) | 2 (3.4) | |
| 41–50 | 27 (20.9) | 13 (18.8) | 14 (23.7) | |
| 51–60 | 47 (36.4) | 19 (27.5) | 28 (47.5) | |
| 61–70 | 25 (19.4) | 15 (21.7) | 10 (16.9) | |
| 71–80 | 21 (16.3) | 15 (21.7) | 5 (8.5) | |
| 81+ | 5 (3.9) | 5 (7.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Ethnicity (n=128) |
Asian or Asian British | 8 (6.3) | 5 (7.9) | 3 (4.6) |
| Black African, Caribbean or black British | 3 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.6) | |
| Mixed or multiple ethnic groups | 7 (5.5) | 3 (4.8) | 4 (6.2) | |
| Other ethnic group | 2 (1.6) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.5) | |
| Prefer not to say | 2 (1.6) | 2 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| White | 106 (82.8) | 52 (82.5) | 54 (83.1) | |
| Highest education (n=128) |
Higher degree level | 31 (24.2) | 13 (20.6) | 18 (27.7) |
| Degree level | 39 (30.5) | 21 (33.3) | 18 (27.7) | |
| NVQ or equivalent | 16 (12.5) | 7 (11.1) | 9 (13.8) | |
| A-levels | 11 (8.6) | 6 (9.5) | 5 (7.7) | |
| GCSE or equivalent | 23 (18.0) | 12 (19.0) | 11 (16.9) | |
| No qualification | 4 (3.1) | 2 (3.2) | 2 (3.1) | |
| Prefer not to say | 4 (3.1) | 2 (3.2) | 2 (3.1) | |
| Marriage status (n=127) |
Married or partnered | 82 (64.6) | 41 (66.1) | 41 (63.1) |
| Widowed | 11 (8.7) | 5 (8.1) | 6 (9.2) | |
| Single | 12 (9.4) | 7 (11.3) | 5 (7.7) | |
| Divorced | 19 (15.0) | 7 (11.3) | 12 (18.5) | |
| Prefer not to say | 3 (2.4) | 2 (3.2) | 1 (1.5) | |
| Employment status (n=127) |
Full time | 47 (37.0) | 20 (32.3) | 27 (41.5) |
| Part time | 28 (22.0) | 13 (21.0) | 15 (23.1) | |
| Unemployed | 11 (8.7) | 6 (9.7) | 5 (7.7) | |
| Retired | 39 (30.7) | 23 (37.1) | 16 (24.6) | |
| Prefer not to say | 2 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.1) | |
| Treatment stage (n=130) |
New patient, presurgical | 45 (34.6) | 23 (35.9) | 22 (33.3) |
| New patient, presurgical, neoadjuvant chemo | 23 (17.7) | 8 (12.5) | 15 (22.7) | |
| New patient, postsurgical, adjuvant therapy underway | 37 (28.5) | 19 (29.7) | 18 (27.3) | |
| Under follow-up, disease-free, maintenance treatment only | 9 (6.9) | 4 (6.3) | 5 (7.6) | |
| Metastatic | 16 (12.3) | 10 (15.6) | 6 (9.1) |
GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education; NVQ, National Vocational Qualification.