Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants
| Total (n = 23) | |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 61.0 ± 10.1 |
| Gender | Missing = 0 |
| Male | 5 (21.7%) |
| Female | 18 (78.3%) |
| Race | Missing = 0 |
| White | 23 (100%) |
| Ethnicity | Missing = 0 |
| Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish | 1 (4.4%) |
| Not Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish | 22 (95.6%) |
| Marital status | Missing = 0 |
| Married or living with a partner | 11 (47.8%) |
| Single, separated, divorced, widowed | 12 (52.2%) |
| Education | Missing = 0 |
| High school graduate or less | 13 (56.5%) |
| More than high school graduate | 10 (43.5%) |
| Employment status | Missing = 0 |
| Full-time or part-time | 3 (13.0%) |
| Unemployed, retired, disabled | 20 (87.0%) |
| Income | Missing = 3 |
| < $30 k | 14 (70.0%) |
| > = $30 k | 6 (30.0%) |
| Insurance | Missing = 0 |
| Medicare | 12 (52.2%) |
| Medicaid | 1 (4.3%) |
| Commercial | 8 (34.8%) |
| Self-pay | 2 (8.7%) |
| Clinical characteristics | |
| Cancer type | Missing = 0 |
| Breast | 7 (30.4%) |
| Lung | 4 (17.4%) |
| GI | 6 (26.1%) |
| GU | 2 (8.7%) |
| Other | 4 (17.4%) |
| Cancer stage | Missing = 2 |
| Non-metastatic | 18 (85.7%) |
| Metastatic | 3 (14.3%) |
| Recommended cancer treatment | |
| Surgery | 12 (52.2%) |
| Chemotherapy | 23 (100%) |
| Radiation therapy | 14 (60.9%) |
| ED or inpatient hospitalization in the last 3 months | 11 (57.9%) |
| Prior history of cancer diagnosis | 4 (21.7%) |
| Presence of comorbidities | 12 (52.2%) |
| Health insurance literacy*, mean ± SD | 51.0 ± 15.5 |
| Financial self-efficacy**, mean ±SD | 11.2 ± 4.8 |