Table 3 Associations between socio-demographic and clinical factors and disagreement category by health service use*
From: Can colorectal cancer survivors recall their medications and doctor visits reliably?
GP visits | Specialist visits | Medication1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under | Over | Under | Over | Under | Over | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Age: mean years (sd) | 66 (9.8) | 62 (11.4) | 65 (10.6) | 64 (10.3) | 71 (4.5) | 68 (8.5) |
Sex: Male | 27 (64) | 4 (29) | 18 (60) | 13 (38) | 16 (67) | 90 (47) |
Female | 15 (36) | 10 (71) | 12 (40) | 21 (62) | 8 (33) | 102 (53) |
Paid work: Yes | 4 (10) | 7 (50) | 5 (17) | 8 (23) | 2 (8) | 26 (14) |
No | 38 (90) | 7 (50) | 25 (83) | 26 (76) | 22 (92) | 166 (86) |
Income: | ||||||
≤ A$40,000 | 28 (67) | 6 (42) | 19 (64) | 15 (44) | 19 (68) | 93 (75) |
> A$40,000 | 10 (24) | 6 (42) | 8 (26) | 14 (42) | 3 (12) | 39 (20) |
Unknown | 4 (9) | 2 (1) | 3 (10) | 5 (15) | 0 (0) | 10 (5) |
Living arrangement: | ||||||
Single | 11 (26) | 6 (43) | 8 (27) | 11 (32) | 14 (58) | 64 (32) |
Couple | 30 (71) | 8 (57) | 21 (70) | 24 (65) | 10 (42) | 122 (63) |
Other | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 7 (4) |
Private health insurance: | ||||||
None | 9 (21) | 4 (29) | 4 (13) | 10 (29) | 7 (29) | 45 (23) |
Any | 28 (79) | 10 (71) | 26 (87) | 24 (71) | 17 (71) | 147 (76) |
Dukes Stage: A | 6 (19) | 3 (30) | 7 (29) | 6 (26) | 0 (0) | 19 (12) |
B | 12 (39) | 4 (40) | 8 (33) | 9 (39) | 8 (42) | 58 (38) |
C | 13 (42) | 3 (30) | 9 (38) | 8 (35) | 11 (38) | 76 (50) |
Type of surgery | ||||||
None | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Open | 25 (60) | 8 (57) | 20 (67) | 19 (56) | 10 (42) | 102 (53) |
Laparoscopic | 17 (40) | 6 (42) | 10 (33) | 14 (41) | 14 (58) | 89 (46) |
Polypectomy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) |
Chemotherapy: | ||||||
No | 23 (55) | 7 (50) | 19 (63) | 16 (47) | 6 (25) | 87 (45) |
Yes | 19 (45) | 7 (50) | 11 (37) | 18 (53) | 18 (75) | 105 (55) |
Radiotherapy: | ||||||
No | 34 (81) | 13 (93) | 28 (82) | 24 (80) | 21 (88) | 162 (84) |
Yes | 8 (19) | 1 (7) | 6 (18) | 6 (20) | 3 (13) | 30 (16) |
Visit frequency: | ||||||
High2 | 21 (50) | 11 (79) | 26 (76) | 15 (50) | - | - |
Low | 21 (50) | 3 (21) | 8 (24) | 15 (50) | - | - |
Intervention allocation: | ||||||
CanChange | 23 (58) | 7 (18) | 16 (40) | 20 (50) | 19 (79) | 111 (58) |
Usual care | 19 (53) | 7 (19) | 14 (39) | 14 (39) | 5 (21) | 81 (42) |