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Table 1 Patient demographics for the online and in-clinic samples

From: Development and evaluation of a new survey instrument to measure the quality of colorectal cancer screening decisions

Ā Ā 

Online

Ā 

Clinic sample

Ā 

Sample

Ā 
Ā 

Total

DA

No DA

Total

Characteristic*, **

Nā€‰=ā€‰338

Nā€‰=ā€‰163

Nā€‰=ā€‰175

Nā€‰=ā€‰94

Female (%)

229 (68%)

107 (66%)

122 (70%)

38 (40%)

Age mean (SD)

48.9 (9.0)

49.0 (9.1)

48.5 (9.2)

59.6 (8.3)

Hispanic (%)

34 (10%)

15 (9%)

19 (11%)

0 (0%)

Race (%)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

White

289 (85.5%)

140 (86%)

149 (85%)

47 (50%)

Black

31 (9%)

17 (10.4%)

14 (8%)

44 (47%)

Other race

19 (6%)

8 (5%)

11 (6%)

3 (3%)

Education (%)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā‰„ College graduate

193 (57%)

97 (59.5%)

96 (55%)

9 (10%)

Some college

114 (34%)

50 (31%)

64 (37%)

25 (27%)

High school or less

31 (9%)

16 (10%)

15 (9%)

59 (63%)

Screening History (For respondents 50 and older)

Nā€‰=ā€‰150

Nā€‰=ā€‰80

Nā€‰=ā€‰68

Nā€‰=ā€‰94

Never tested

53 (35%)

34 (43%)

19 (27%)

29 (31%)

Colonscopy

68 (45%)

35 (44%)

33 (47%)

54 (57%)

Other test only

29 (19%)

11 (14%)

18 (26%)

8 (9%)

  1. DAā€‰=ā€‰Decision aid.
  2. *There were no significant differences on any of these factors between DA and no DA arms, pā€‰>ā€‰0.05.
  3. **Percentages might not add up 100% due to rounding or missing data.