Breast Cancer Survivors’ Perceptions of Prevention versus Control of Future Cancer Recurrence

Table 3

Sample characteristics for perceived prevention of future cancer recurrence and perceived control of progression following future cancer recurrence.

Variables	Perceived Prevention^†		Perceived Control^†
	Yes Number (%)	sig	Yes Number (%)	sig
Total	30 (30.0%)		90 (89.1%)
Age in years (mean (SD))	56.4 (8.0)		58.9 (10.5)
Cancer Worry Scale (mean (SD))	1.58 (0.52)		1.63 (0.5)
Negative affect (mean (SD))	1.98 (0.68)		1.8 (0.7)
Positive Affect (mean (SD))	3.2 (0.84)		3.3 (0.9)
Race
White	29 (96.7%)		87(96.7%)
Other	1 (3.3%)		3 (3.3%)
Education Level
High school or less	7 (23.3%)		33 (91.7%)
Some college or 2-year college	7 (23.3%)		22 (91.7%)
4-year degree	7 (30.1%)		17 (85.0%)
Graduate degree	9 (42.9%)		18 (85.7%)
Income
less than 15,000	2 (7.1%)		8 (9.3%)
15,000 to 49,999	4 (14.3%)		30 (34.9%)
More than 50,000	22 (78.6%)		48 (55.8%)
Appalachian
Yes	3 (10.3%)		19 (21.8%)
No	26 (89.7%)		68 (77.0%)
Time since diagnosis
Within 1 year	14 (46.7%)		50 (55.6%)
2-5 years	16 (53.3%)		40 (44.4%)
Family History of Cancer
Yes	4 (13.3%)		16 (17.8%)
No	26 (86.7%)		74 (82.2%)
Lumpectomy
Yes	18 (64.3%)		59 (68.6%)
No	10 (35.7%)		27 (31.4%)
Mastectomy
Yes	12 (42.9%)		32 (37.2%)
No	16 (57.1%)		54 (62.3%)
Physician communication
Yes	21 (70.0%)		57 (64.8%)
No	9 (30.0%)		31 (35.2%)
Attributes of Cancer
Identity/Symptoms
Yes	0 (0.0%)		1 (1.1%)
No	28 (100.0%)		89 (98.9%)
Timeline
Yes	3 (7.4%)		35 (45.5%)
No	25 (92.6%)		42 (54.5%)
Cause
Yes	5 (16.7%)		4 (5.2%)
No	25 (83.3%)		73 (94.8%)
Consequence
Yes	2 (7.3%)		4 (5.2%)
No	26 (92.7%)		73 (94.8%)
Cure/Control
Yes	25 (96.2%)		61 (79.2%)
No	3 (8.2%)		16 (20.8%)
Lack of Control
Yes	1 (8.2%)		5 (6.7%)
No	26 (96.2%)		70 (93.3%)

numbers and percentage are relative to the column attribute. P < 0. 05.