Table 1 Patient Characteristics

From: Randomized clinical trial of a digital integrative medicine intervention among patients undergoing active cancer treatment

Characteristics

Overall N (%)

IM@Home N (%)

EUC N (%)

Total

200 (100.0)

99 (49.5)

101 (50.5)

Gender

 Female

181 (90.5)

91 (91.9)

90 (89.1)

 Male

19 (9.5)

8 (8.1)

11 (10.9)

Age, years (mean [standard deviation; SD])

59.9 (12.4)

60.4 (12.6)

59.4 (12.3)

Race

 White

155 (77.5)

78 (78.8)

77 (76.2)

 Black or African American

18 (9.0)

10 (10.1)

8 (7.9)

 Asian

15 (7.5)

6 (6.1)

9 (8.9)

American Indian or Alaska Native

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.0)

 Multiracial

9 (4.5)

3 (3.0)

6 (5.9)

 Patient declined to answer

2 (1.0)

2 (2.0)

0 (0.0)

Ethnicity

 Hispanic or Latino

9 (4.5)

5 (5.1)

4 (4.0)

Education

 College degree or higher

141 (70.5)

68 (68.7)

73 (72.3)

High school or some college

34 (17.0)

20 (20.2)

14 (13.9)

 Not reported

25 (12.5)

11 (11.1)

14 (13.9)

Cancer type

 Breast

73 (36.5)

35 (35.4)

38 (37.6)

 Thoracic

49 (24.5)

25 (25.3)

24 (23.8)

 Gynecologic

43 (21.5)

22 (22.2)

21 (20.8)

 Head & Neck

25 (12.5)

13 (13.1)

12 (11.9)

 Melanoma

10 (5.0)

4 (4.0)

6 (5.9)

Cancer stage at baseline

 Stage 0

5 (2.5)

2 (2.0)

3 (3.0)

 Stage 1–3

120 (60.0)

65 (65.7)

55 (54.5)

 Stage 4

75 (37.5)

32 (32.3)

43 (42.6)

Cancer treatment modality*

 Radiation

94 (47.0)

47 (47.5)

47 (46.5)

 Chemotherapy

78 (39.0)

38 (38.4)

40 (39.6)

 Immunotherapy

35 (17.5)

18 (18.2)

17 (16.8)

 Targeted therapy

89 (44.5)

44 (44.4)

45 (44.6)

BFI fatigue severity score** (mean [SD]) at baseline

4.7 (1.9)

4.6 (1.9)

4.9 (1.8)

  1. *Patients could receive multiple forms of treatment at the time of enrollment.
  2. **BFI calculated by an average of 9 items (range 0–10, higher score indicating greater fatigue severity).