Table 2.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants (N=103).
| Characteristics | iMBCRa group (n=51) | Control group (n=52) | t test (df) or chi-square value (df) | P value | |||
| Age (years), mean (SD; range) | 45.37 (7.59; 28-67) | 48.17 (8.05; 29-64) | t (df)=–1.816 (101) | .07 | |||
| Education, n (%) | χ2 (df)=4.798 (3) | .19 | |||||
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College or university | 18 (35) | 9 (17) |
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High school or vocational | 18 (35) | 21 (40) |
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Secondary | 9 (18) | 15 (29) |
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≤Primary | 6 (12) | 7 (14) |
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| Marital status, n (%) | χ2 (df)=0.000 (1) | >.99 | |||||
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Married | 49 (96) | 49 (94) |
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Other marital status | 2 (4) | 3 (6) |
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| Employment status, n (%) | χ2 (df)=0.816 (2) | .67 | |||||
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Employed | 30 (59) | 30 (58) |
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Unemployed | 16 (31) | 14 (27) |
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Retired | 5 (10) | 8 (15) |
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| Religion, n (%) | χ2 (df)=1.414 (1) | .23 | |||||
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No | 48 (94) | 52 (100) |
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Yes | 3 (6) | 0 (0) |
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| Experience of meditation practice, n (%) | χ2 (df)=0.344 (1) | .56 | |||||
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No | 42 (82) | 45 (87) |
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Yes | 9 (18) | 7 (13) |
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| Experience of yoga practice, n (%) | χ2 (df)=0.079 (1) | .78 | |||||
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No | 36 (71) | 38 (73) |
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Yes | 15 (29) | 14 (27) |
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| Time since diagnosis, months, n (%) | χ2 (df)=3.945 (2) | .14 | |||||
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≤3 | 25 (49) | 24 (46) |
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4 to 12 | 15 (29) | 23 (44) |
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≥13 | 11 (22) | 5 (10) |
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| Stage of breast cancer, n (%) | χ2 (df)=6.728 (4) | .13 | |||||
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0 (carcinoma in situ) | 2 (4) | 1 (2) |
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I | 6 (12) | 2 (4) |
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II | 28 (55) | 31 (59) |
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III | 10 (19) | 17 (33) |
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IV | 5 (10) | 1 (2) |
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| Treatment, n (%) | |||||||
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Breast surgery | 51 (100) | 52 (100) | N/Ab | N/A | ||
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Chemotherapy | 48 (94) | 50 (96) | χ2 (df)=0.000 (1) | .98 | ||
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Radiotherapy | 16 (31) | 12 (23) | χ2 (df)=0.895 (1) | .34 | ||
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Immunotherapy | 14 (27) | 20 (38) | χ2 (df)=1.412 (1) | .24 | ||
| Baseline psychometric scores, mean (SD) | |||||||
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MDASIc | 63.12 (20.37) | 61.44 (19.58) | t (df)=0.427 (101) | .67 | ||
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FACT-Bd | 82.64 (15.74) | 82.86 (16.27) | t (df)=−0.070 (101) | .95 | ||
aiMBCR: internet-delivered mindfulness-based cancer recovery.
bN/A: not applicable.
cMDASI: MD Anderson Symptom Inventory.
dFACT-B: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast.