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Table 4 Scale means by patient demographic and health factors

From: Psychometric properties of a brief measure of autonomy support in breast cancer patients

 

Overall

Surgeon

Medical Oncologist

Radiation Oncologist

 

N

Mean

N

Mean

N

Mean

N

Mean

Scale Mean

155

6.3

157

6.4

138

6.0

106

6.1

Age

        

<57

74

6.4

76

6.5

69

6.0

48

6.3

≥57

80

6.3

80

6.4

68

5.9

57

5.9

Months since Diagnosis

        

<12

60

6.3

61

6.5

51

5.7

38

6.2

> =12

94

6.3

95

6.4

86

6.2

67

6.0

Race/Ethnicity

        

White

123

6.3

125

6.4

108

5.8B

80

6.1

Black

22

6.7A

22

6.6

20

6.7AB

19

6.3

Asian

6

5.7A

6

6.5

6

5.9A

3

5.5

Education

        

HS or less

19

6.8AB

20

6.8A

19

6.6AB

14

6.4

Some college

29

6.6C

29

6.4

27

6.4CD

23

6.2

College graduate

39

6.3A

40

6.6B

34

5.6AC

26

6.4

Post-graduate degree

67

6.1BC

67

6.2AB

57

5.8BD

42

5.7

Treatment Received

        

Radiation therapy

        

Yes

106

6.4

106

6.5

98

6.1

101

6.1

No

49

6.2

51

6.3

40

5.8

5

5.9

Chemotherapy

        

Yes

64

6.3

64

6.3

64

6.3

42

6.2

No

89

6.3

91

6.5

72

5.8

62

6.1

Lumpectomy

        

Yes

114

6.4

115

6.4

100

6.2A

95

6.1

No

38

6.2

38

6.4

36

5.4A

10

6.3

Mastectomy

        

Yes

57

6.3

59

6.3

52

5.8A

19

6.1

No

95

6.4

95

6.5

83

6.2A

84

6.2

Moderate or Severe Toxicity

    

Yes

134

6.3

136

6.4

117

5.9

93

6.1

No

21

6.4

21

6.5

21

6.4

13

6.1

  1. When the Kruskal-Wallis test p value was <0.05,  pair-wise comparisons (without multiplicity correction) were conducted with significant differences (p < 0.05) between groups marked by like superscripts