Table 1 Participant descriptive characteristics (N = 75)
Characteristic | Value | (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | Mean: 60 years | |
Range: 26-86 years | ||
Gender | Female | 48% |
Male | 52% | |
Insurance | Private | 93% |
Medicaid only | 3% | |
Medicare only | 3% | |
None | 1% | |
Patient-reported race/ethnicity | White | 79% |
Asian | 4% | |
Black | 4% | |
Hawaiian | 1% | |
Multiplea | 12% | |
Household income | <$15,000 | 4% |
$15-30,000 | 15% | |
$30-50,000 | 20% | |
$50-75,000 | 7% | |
$75-100,000 | 11% | |
>$100,000 | 31% | |
Prefer not to answer | 4% | |
Do not know | 1% | |
Highest level of education | Some high school | 3% |
High school | 16% | |
Trade school | 4% | |
Some college | 20% | |
College graduate | 28% | |
Postgraduate | 29% | |
Married or living with partner | Yes | 72% |
No | 28% | |
Family members receiving care from same health system | None | 56% |
Child(ren) | 34% | |
Sibling(s) | 5% | |
Child(ren) and cousin | 1% | |
Child(ren) and grandchild(ren) | 1% | |
Nieces and nephews | 1% | |
Prior personal cancer diagnosis | Yes | 17% |
No | 83% | |
Prior family history of cancer (blood relatives) | Yes | 56% |
No | 44% | |
Confidence in filling out forms (health literacy) | Extremely | 56% |
Quite a bit | 32% | |
Somewhat | 8% | |
A little bit | 3% | |
Not at all | 1% | |
Prefer words or numbers when assessing “chance” of something (health risk) | Numbers | 63% |
Words | 21% | |
Either | 15% | |
No response | 1% | |
Prior knowledge of Lynch Syndrome | None | 60% |
Some knowledge/awareness | 40% | |