Recruitment and Early Retention of Women with Advanced Breast Cancer in a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Trial
Table 2
Comparison of characteristics of patients who consented but dropped out early to those who completed intake interview.
Characteristics
Early drop-outs N (%)
Completed baseline interview N (%)
P-value
Agea
58.12 (12.66)
57.34 (11.36)
.71
Palliative Scorea
0.79 (1.09)
0.76 (1.10)
.88
Race
.01b
White
25 (75.76)
212 (88.70)
Black
8 (24.24)
23 (9.62)
American Indian or Alaskan Native
0 (0.00)
1 (0.42)
Asian
0 (0.00)
2 (0.84)
Refused
0 (0.00)
1 (0.42)
Ethnicity
.41
Non-Hispanic
32 (96.97)
235 (98.33)
Hispanic
1 (3.03)
3 (1.26)
Refused
0 (0.00)
1 (0.42)
Marital status
.08c
Married or living with a partner
17 (51.52)
162 (67.78)
Divorced/separated
8 (24.24)
28 (11.72)
Never married
3 (9.09)
27 (11.30)
Widowed
4 (12.12)
19 (7.95)
Refused
1 (3.03)
3 (1.26)
Type of employment
.72d
Retired
9 (27.27)
59 (24.69)
Part time
6 (18.18)
23 (9.62)
Full time
7 (21.21)
64 (26.78)
Disabled
3 (9.09)
29 (12.13)
Not employed
3 (9.09)
37 (15.48)
Homemaker
4 (12.12)
21 (8.79)
Refused
1 (3.03)
6 (2.51)
Palliative score
.92
0
19 (57.58)
131 (54.81)
0.5
0 (0.00)
10 (4.18)
1.0
4 (12.12)
47 (19.67)
1.5
4 (12.12)
12 (5.02)
2.0
2 (6.06)
8 (3.35)
2.5
2 (6.06)
17 (7.11)
3.0
1 (3.03)
4 (1.67)
3.5
0 (0.00)
4 (1.67)
4.0
1 (3.03)
4 (1.67)
5.5
0 (0.00)
2 (0.84)
Metastatic cancer
.56
Yes
23 (69.70)
178 (74.48)
No
10 (30.30)
61 (25.52)
Recurrent cancer
.36
Yes
13 (39.39)
75 (31.38)
No
20 (60.61)
164 (68.62)
Therapy goals
0.47
Maintenance
11 (33.33)
92 (38.49)
Curative
9 (27.27)
78 (32.64)
Palliative
6 (18.18)
41 (17.15)
Uncertain
7 (21.21)
28 (11.72)
aMean and standard deviation.
bP-value for the comparison between black versus other.
cP-value for the comparison between those married or living with a partner versus other.
dP-value for the comparison those employed versus those not employed.
