Table 1 Demographic and treatment characteristics of patient and healthy control samples
From: Measuring decision quality: psychometric evaluation of a new instrument for breast cancer surgery
| Â | Patients | Healthy controls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | N = 440 | N = 35 | ||
Age in years, mean (SD) | 56.9 | (11.3) | 42.4 | (10.9) |
Race, N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
White | 365 | (83.0) | 26 | (74.3) |
Black | 35 | (8.0) | 3 | (8.6) |
Other | 40 | (9.1) | 5 | (14.3) |
Education, N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
High school or less | 55 | (12.5) | 0 | 0 |
Some college | 106 | (24.1) | 8 | (22.9) |
College graduate or more | 279 | (63.4) | 27 | (77.1) |
Annual income, N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
<30,000 | 59 | (13.4) | 1 | (2.9) |
30,000-59,999 | 87 | (19.8) | 11 | (31.4) |
60,000-100,000 | 107 | (24.3) | 14 | (40.0) |
>100,000 | 160 | (36.4) | 8 | (22.9) |
Marital status, N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Married/Partnered | 297 | (67.5) | 23 | (65.7) |
Other | 141 | (32.0) | 12 | (34.3) |
Months since diagnosis, mean (SD) | 30.8 | (9.8) | -- | Â |
Stage I (vs. II), N (%) | 265 | (60.2) | -- | Â |
Treatment, N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mastectomy* (vs. Lumpectomy) | 168 | (38.2) | -- | Â |
Breast reconstruction | 80 | (18.2) | -- | Â |
Radiation | 256 | (58.2) | -- | Â |