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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Jul 31;21(11):1931–1940. doi: 10.1007/s10552-010-9621-7

Table 2.

Health Related Characteristics by Study Arm

Intervention
(n=58)
Control
(n=58)
Total
(n=116)

n
%
n
%
n
%
p-valuea
Reason for diagnostic follow-up
 Abnormal mammogram 34 76 31 78 65 76 0.833
 Other 11 24 9 23 20 24
Type of follow-up test needed
 Diagnostic mammogram and/or ultrasound 44 79 38 76 82 77 0.786
 Diagnostic mammogram 6-month follow-up 10 18 11 22 21 20
 Other (ultrasound guided core biopsy, repeat mammogram, repeat CBE) 2 4 1 2 3 3
Health status
 Poor 14 25 9 17 23 21 0.285
 Fair 27 49 22 41 49 45
 Good 10 18 16 30 26 24
 Very good/excellent 4 7 7 13 11 10
Have family history of cancer 19 37 25 47 44 42 0.270
Comfort discussing health care with physician
 Very comfortable 17 33 14 28 31 31 0.623
 Somewhat comfortable 32 63 32 64 64 63
 Not comfortable at all 2 4 4 8 6 6
Worry about future health when doctor recommended exam
 Very much worried 9 16 5 10 14 13 0.699
 Quite a bit worried 15 27 14 27 29 27
 A little worried 26 47 26 50 52 49
 Not at all worried 5 9 7 13 12 11
a

Chi-square or Fisher Exact Tests

Note: Frequencies do not sum to total sample due to missing responses