Cardiovascular health assessment in routine cancer follow-up in community settings: survivor risk awareness and perspectives

Table 1 Demographic and cancer characteristics of enrolled post-treatment cancer survivors (N = 502)

	N	%
Age
18–39	20	4.0
40–64	257	51.2
65–74	175	34.8
75+	50	10.0
Female Gender	480	95.6
Race/ Ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	3	0.6
Asian	4	0.8
Black/African American	35	7.0
More than one race	7	1.4
White, non-Hispanic or Latino	433	86.3
White/Other/Unknown, Hispanic or Latino	17	3.4
Other/Unknown, Not Hispanic or Latino	3	0.6
Rural Residence
Non-metro#	89	17.7
Education
High School or Less	107	21.3
Some College (including vocational/ technical)	170	33.9
College degree or more	223	44.4
Prefer not to answer	2	0.4
Marital Status
Married/Living as Married	340	67.7
Single, Divorced, Separated, or Widowed	161	32.1
Prefer not to answer	1	0.2
Cancer Type
Breast	400	79.7
Colorectal	29	5.8
Endometrial	53	10.6
Prostate	1	0.2
Lymphoma	12	2.4
Multiple Cancer Types	7	1.4
Time Since Diagnosis (years)
Mean (SD), Range	455	4.21 (3.32), 0.52–26.72
AJCC Cancer Stage for Most Recent Cancer
0	25	5.0
1	210	41.8
2	117	23.3
3	64	12.8
4	3	0.6
Unknown/NA	83	16.5
Health Care Utilization* (self-reported)
PCP (last 6 months)	397	80.0
Cardiologist (last 6 months)	71	14.2
How confident are you filling out medical forms by yourself?
Extremely	352	70.1
Quite a bit	103	20.5
Somewhat/A little bit/ Not at all	47	9.4
During the past 4 weeks, did you have enough money to meet the daily needs of your family?
No	17	3.4

#Defined as residing in a zip-code that qualifies as rural according to the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy definition
*Six participants reported not knowing if they had seen a primary care provider in the last six months; Two participants reported not knowing if they had seen a cardiologist in the last six months

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