A Small Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Comparing Mobile and Traditional Pain Coping Skills Training Protocols for Cancer Patients with Pain

Table 1

Baseline demographic and medical data ().

	M	SD	%
Age	60	11
Gender-female			50%	15
Marital status
Single, widowed, divorced			21%	8
Married/life partner			79%	22
Education
Less than high school			3%	1
High school diploma			14%	4
Some college			21%	6
Bachelor’s degree or higher			62%	18
Race
White			97%	29
Black			3%	1
Cancer type
Breast			23%	7
Lung			23%	7
Prostate			46%	13
Colorectal			11%	3
Time since initial diagnosis (months)	41	55
Stage at study entry
0			3%	1
1			13%	4
2			17%	5
3			27%	8
4			40%	12
Comorbid disorders^a
Hypertension			39%	11
Heart disease			14%	4
Rheumatoid arthritis			4%	1
Osteoarthritis			21%	6
Diabetes			21%	6
Sciatica			8%	2
Emphysema, asthma, COPD			31%	8
Crohn’s disease or irritable bowel syndrome			4%	1
Cancer treatments in last week^b
Chemotherapy			40%	11
Radiation			11%	3
Surgery			0%	0
Hormone therapy			30%	8
Vaccine			4%	1
Patient reported cancer therapy			28%	8

Note. participants reported more than one comorbid disorder; participants reported two or more treatments in the last week.