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Table 2 Feasibility Study 2, June 2006

From: The development of a web- and a print-based decision aid for prostate cancer screening

 

GUH (N = 50)

WHC (N = 49)

Total (N = 99)

Age (N = 98) #

M = 53.9 SD = 7.5

M = 55.2 SD = 7.3

M = 54.6 SD = 7.4

Race/Ethnicity †

   

White (N = 35)

52.0%

20.0%

36.8%

African American (N = 48)

28.0%

75.6%

50.5%

Other (N = 12)

20.0%

4.4%

12.6%

Education

   

< HS grad (N = 25)

10.0%

40.8%

25.3%

Voc/trade/some college (N = 19)

10.0%

28.6%

19.2%

College Graduate (N = 18)

26.0%

10.2%

18.2%

Graduate work/degree (N = 37)

54.0%

20.4%

37.4%

Marital Status *

   

Married (N = 53)

78.0%

29.8%

54.6%

Other (N = 44)

22.0%

70.2%

45.4%

Internet access at home/work

   

Yes (N = 70)

92.0%

49.0%

70.7%

No (N = 29)

8.0%

51.0%

29.3%

Home/Work Computer Internet Usage (among those with access at home/work)

   

Never/Rarely (N = 1)

0.0%

4.2%

1.4%

Few times per year/few per month (N = 4)

2.2%

12.5%

5.7%

Once a week/several times a week (N = 14)

17.4

25.0%

20.0%

Daily (N = 51)

80.4%

58.3%

72.9%

Receiving Health Related Information •

   

Prefers Internet (N = 45)

66.0%

30.4%

48.4%

Prefers Booklet (N = 43)

25.5%

67.4%

46.2%

No preference (N = 5)

8.5%

2.2%

5.4%

Willingness to go to another location if no access to high-speed Internet connection? *‡

   

Yes (N = 16)

33.3%

45.2%

43.2%

No/Not sure (N = 21)

66.7%

54.8%

56.8%

Newest Vital Sign (NVS) ^ (N = 99)

M = 3.9 SD = 2.0

M = 1.9 SD = 1.8

M = 2.9 SD = 2.2

  1. #N = 1 subject with missing data
  2. † N = 4 subjects with missing data
  3. * N = 2 subjects with missing data
  4. • N = 6 subjects with missing data
  5. ‡ Includes participants with slow-speed Internet access and no Internet access
  6. ^ Scores on the NVS range from 0 to 6, with fewer than four correct answers indicating the possibility of limited literacy
  7. GUH = Georgetown University Hospital, WHC = Washington Hospital Center