Research Article

PreView: Development and Pilot Testing of an Interactive Video Doctor Plus Provider Alert to Increase Cancer Screening

Table 2

Characteristics of study participants in San Francisco, California in 2009-2010, .

CharacteristicN (%)

Number of participants from each clinic
 Clinic 119 (24%)
 Clinic 218 (23%)
 Clinic 312 (15%)
 Clinic 410 (13%)
 Clinic 521 (26%)
Age, y
 Mean ± SD (min, max)60.6 ± 7.4 (50.0, 86.1)
Gender
 Male33 (41%)
 Female47 (59%)
Ethnicity
 Asian7 (9%)
 Black or African-American21 (26%)
 White37 (46%)
 Some other race15 (19%)
Language
 English69 (86%)
 Spanish5 (6%)
 Other6 (8%)
Education
 High school, GED, or less28 (35%)
 College degree23 (29%)
 Some graduate school or more29 (36%)
Marital status
 Married/living with domestic partner46 (58%)
 Single/divorced/widowed34 (43%)
Employment
 Working full time or part time38 (48%)
 Unemployed or looking for work/unable to work for health reasons/fulltime student or homemaker 8 (13%)
 Retired32 (40%)
Health insurance status
 Medicare/Medicare and Medicaid/Medicare and private33 (42%)
 Private insurance36 (46%)
 None0 (0%)
 Not sure or other10 (13%)
Self-rated health
 Excellent/very good34 (43%)
 Good29 (36%)
 Fair/poor17 (21%)
Health decisions
 I prefer to make the decision myself4 (5%)
 I prefer to make the decision after I listen to my doctor’s opinion31 (39%)
 I prefer that my doctor and I make the decision together39 (49%)
 I prefer that my doctor make the decision after considering my opinion4 (5%)
 I prefer that my doctor make the decision2 (3%)
For women: have you had a hysterectomy? ( )
 Yes4 (12%)
 No30 (88%)