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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Evaluation of an online knowledge translation intervention to promote cancer risk reduction behaviours: findings from a randomized controlled trial

 

Total

Intervention

Control

p

n = 557

n = 278

n = 279

 

Mean ± SD

Age

65.2 ± 8.0

65.4 ± 7.9

64.9 ± 8.2

0.51

 

N (%)

Female

447 (80.3)

221 (79.5)

226 (81.0)

0.73

Education (%)

 Secondary school or less

33 (5.9)

19 (6.9)

14 (5.0)

0.43

 Post-secondary diploma

102 (18.3)

49 (17.6)

53 (19.1)

 Bachelor’s degree

235 (42.3)

121 (43.5)

114 (41.0)

 Post-graduate degree

186 (33.5)

89 (32.0)

97 (34.9)

Employment status (%)

 Full-time

92 (16.5)

51 (18.4)

41 (14.7)

0.75

 Part-time

59 (10.6)

27 (9.7)

32 (11.5)

 Homemaker

4 (0.7)

2 (0.7)

2 (0.7)

 Retired

398 (71.6)

196 (70.8)

202 (72.4)

 Long-term disability

3 (0.5)

1 (0.4)

2 (0.7)

Geographic location (%)

 Urban

248 (44.5)

119 (42.8)

129 (46.2)

0.63

 Suburban

207 (37.2)

107 (38.5)

100 (35.8)

 Rural/Remote

102 (18.3)

52 (18.7)

50 (18.0)

Chronic disease

285 (51.4)

144 (52.0)

141 (50.9)

0.87

Self-rated health ‘Excellent’ or ‘Very Good’

396 (71.1)

203 (73.0)

193 (69.1)

0.35

Previously used the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (%)

 No

297 (53.4)

148 (53.2)

149 (53.6)

0.79

 Yes, regular user

140 (25.2)

73 (26.3)

67 (24.1)

 Yes, occasionally

119 (21.4)

57 (20.5)

62 (22.3)