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Table 4 Baseline health and demographic characteristics (at Pre-HLaC trial assessment) of HLaC+Txt trial participants

From: Evaluation of the Healthy Living after Cancer text message-delivered, extended contact intervention using the RE-AIM framework

 

HLaC+Txt Intervention cohort (n = 115)

Control cohort

(n = 167)

 

Mean (SD) or n (%)

Age (years)

57.5 (10.4)

58.9 (11.2)

Gender (% female)

105 (91.3)

148 (88.6)

CCa enrolled in (%)

 CC1

40 (34.8)

52 (31.1)

 CC2

31 (27.0)

48 (28.7)

 CC3

19 (16.5)

32 (19.2)

 CC4

25 (21.7)

35 (21.0)

Referral source (% from within CC)

67 (58.3)

108 (64.7)

Live in major city (% yes)

92 (80.0)

119 (72.1)

Caucasian (% yes)

102 (89.5)

158 (94.6)

Education (% post school qualifications)

90 (78.3)

136 (81.4)

Employed (% yes)

54 (47.0)

82 (49.1)

Married/ living together (% yes)

75 (65.2)

115 (68.9)

Cancer diagnosis (%)

 Breast

79 (68.7)

102 (61.1)

 Lymphoma

7 (6.1)

18 (10.8)

 Colorectal

10 (8.7)

14 (8.4)

 Prostrate

2 (1.7)

11 (6.6)

 Other

17 (14.8)

22 (13.2)

Years since cancer diagnosis

1.76 (2.36)

2.05 (3.3)

Treatment

 Surgery

102 (88.7)

142 (85.0)

 Radiotherapy

67 (58.3)

98 (58.7)

 Chemotherapy

81 (70.4)

110 (65.9)

Mean number of comorbidities

2.2 (1.8)

2.08 (1.7)

Mental health issue (% depression &/or anxiety &/or nervous disorder)

52 (45)

71 (42.5)

Smoking (% ever smoked)

39 (33.9)

61 (36.5)

  1. aCC Cancer Council