Table 1.
Patient and caregiver demographic and medical factors
| Patients n=343 (%) |
Caregivers n=87 (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age | ||
| Mean (SD) | 54.5 (13.8) | 52.9 (12.8) |
| Median (Min-Max) | 56.2 (17.4–90.7) | 54.0 (26.0–79.6) |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 247 (72.2) | 65 (74.7) |
| Male | 95 (27.8) | 22 (25.3) |
| Race | ||
| Black | 11 (3.2) | - |
| White | 282 (82.0) | - |
| Spanish Surname | 14 (4.1) | - |
| Other | 35 (10.7) | - |
| Disease Type | ||
| Breast | 97 (28.4) | - |
| Endocrine | 8 (2.3) | - |
| Gastrointestinal | 42 (12.3) | - |
| Genitourinary | 1 (1.3 ) | - |
| Gynecologic | 16 (4.7) | - |
| Leukemia | 15 (4.4) | - |
| Lymphoma/Myeloma | 25 (7.3) | - |
| Neurologic | 23 (6.7) | - |
| Sarcoma | 11 (3.2) | - |
| Skin (including melanoma) | 11 (3.2) | - |
| Thoracic/Head and Neck | 50 (14.6) | - |
| Other | 24 (7.0) | - |
| No cancer | 2 (0.6) | - |
| Massage Length | ||
| 30 min | 44 (12.8) | 16 (18.4) |
| 60 min | 299 (87.2) | 71 (81.6) |